Author: Anton Semenovich Makarenko
Alternate names: Anton Semyonovich Makarenko; Anton Semënovich Makarenko
Born: 13 January 1888
Died: 1 April 1939
Bio: Anton Semenovich Makarenko (Russian: Анто́н Семенович Мака́ренко) was a Soviet educator, social worker and writer who became the most influential educational theorist in the Soviet Union. Makarenko promoted democratic ideas and principles in educational theory and practice. As one of the founders of Soviet pedagogy, he elaborated the theory and methodology of upbringing in self-governing child collectives and introduced the concept of productive labor into the educational system.