METHODS OF PEDAGOGICAL KNOWLEDGE TRANSLATION IN THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT (XVII –XIX CENTURIES)

Abstract

The article examines in details the process of evolution of methods of translation of pedagogical knowledge in the XVII – XIX centuries, namely, describes their gradual development during the Enlightenment Age. Representatives of pedagogical ideas of that time revised the goals and orientation of the processes of education and training in general. They emphasized the special importance of transmitting pedagogical knowledge to each person, as they saw this as one of the clue conditions for a happy existence. As for the ways of transmitting pedagogical knowledge, their evolution took place gradually from school, family (mostly individual) education to universal public education. Among the most effective ways of translating pedagogical knowledge in order to form a properly thinking personality with a high level of development of certain qualities, pedagogues of that time distinguished communication, practice-oriented education. A special place in this process is given to self-improvement as an internal motivation of the process of personality formation.