PROBLEMS OF CHRONOLOGY IN MODERN RESEARCHES ON PEDAGOGICAL HISTORY

Abstract

The article covers the discrepancy between the decline in the social order on the history of pedagogy as a discipline as well as the practical implementation of its achievements and the rapid increase in the number of new researchers. Attention is paid to the professional training of the historians of pedagogy. The analysis on the recent Ph.D theses papers gives reasons to notify that one of the gaps in the professional competence of the young researchers is studying the timeline. The ways to avoid the outdated approaches to the identification and studying the chronological limits and the periodization in historical and pedagogical research were suggested. It was proved that they should be focused on the historical and pedagogical process, not on the events related to the social and political life. It was emphasized that the periodization of the investigated historical and pedagogical process is the author’s version only, which can be either perceived by the scholars, or be changed to another one. However, any author’s periodization is always a result of the scientist’s creative activity and reflects the level of training. Every historical and pedagogical phenomenon certainly has its own periodization in accordance with the causes of its appearance, development and coagulation, which specifies the internal laws of existence. The development of the periodization of a historical and pedagogical phenomenon aims to promote assuring the necessary conditions for a clear structuring of the problem under consideration. Ordering the chronological component not only empowers researchers in highlighting the essence of the historical and pedagogical process, but also increases the quality of scientific studies in the relevant area. It was suggested that the reinforcement of the association of pedagogical historians with young scholars renovates it and makes the necessity to improve the researchers’ professional training topical whereas one of its components is chronological competence.