V. LOBURTS’ PEDAGOGICAL PERSONALITY IN HISTORICAL AND PEDAGOGICAL CONTEXT

The phenomenon of pedagogical heritage of an outstanding scientist, teacher and organizer of scientific work Vasily Loburets is discovered in the article. It is proved that his scientific and pedagogical conception is the driving force for retro revival of the progressive achievements of the national higher education and is an important factor in the production of new pedagogical knowledge, creation of innovative educational systems and technologies. V. Loburets is a prominent educator who combining scientific and educational activities for over 50 years (1956–2006), taught historical sciences at V.G. Korolenko Poltava National Pedagogical University. It has been found that the scientist has made the significant didactic and organizational efforts to the establishment of historical education system. V. Loburets is the founder of the national scientific and pedagogical school, the author of the original textbooks, scientific methodological manuals, and a brilliant lecturer. For his meaningful pedagogical activity he was awarded many state awards.It is established that the combination of fundamentality and innovativeness as a characteristic feature is observed in all the components of scientist’s creative work, in particular: development of methodology of scientific and educational knowledge; enrichment the content, methods and forms of teaching historical disciplines; improvement lecturing skills; writing textbooks and manuals for higher schools; establishing the author’s scientific school.The study proved that the idea concerning the defining role of education in socio-economic and cultural development of society had been substantiated by V. Loburets. In the current context of growing crisis phenomena in society – environmental, informational, demographic, national and others – humanity consciously refers to prognostic and anticipatory functions of education. Not by accident the XXI century is proclaimed “the century of education” by UNESCO. Today there is an axiomatic view that without fundamental education it is impossible to realize personality, to build a state. Only the citizens’ level of education determines the place of the state in the global society and the development of civilization. Therefore his idea of about the defining role of education, in particular technical one, in socio-economic and cultural development of society, the necessity of its development for the progress of humanity and state sounds very topically today. The scientist had proved the idea of continuous education, the importance of its content renovation through the integration of scientific knowledge. In this regard, he emphasized systemically important nature of didactic content of the academic disciplines, which had been considered by the scientists as pedagogically developed systems that match students’ capabilities and bring their understanding of the foundations of modern science. The study proved that the creative work of V. Loburets is a set of theoretical ideas, methodological achievements and advanced experience of activity according to the criteria of significance and topicality, thoroughness and perspectivity, intensity and time appropriateness that should consider expediently as a combined phenomenon of fundamentality and innovativeness.