Andragogy: Theory and Practice of Adult Education Development in Ukraine

Abstract

: At tins point, there are no systematic studies on die problems of adult education as a field of scientific and theoretical elaboration and its transformation in andragogy in Ukraine. The article aims to conduct a holistic and systematic analysis of establishing and developing andragogy as a theory and practice of adult education in Ukraine between die late 19di century & die 20di century to use die positive lustoncal experience in modem andragogy. The article justifies die penodization of andragogy development in Ukraine (die 1850s-1917 & die emergence of dieorv and practice of adult learning in die context of developing adult education as a form of social and educational movement and out-of-school education; 1918-1940 & die establishment of scientific principles of adult learning in die system of illiteracy elimination and political education; die 1950s-1980s & die scientific elaboration of andragogical problems in die light of die Soviet concept of adult pedagogy; die 1990s & die early 21st century, die development of andragogy as a science, academic subject, social practice). The penodization of andragogy development in Ukraine has made it possible to identify die system-forming processes in adult education at die level of structural and organizational forms. A lustonograpliical analysis of die problem under study shows diat Ukrainian scholars pay much attention to adult education as a soao-cultural phenomenon with deep lustoncal traditions and heritage. Despite the growing interest of scholars in tins particular problem, the term “andragogv” is not commonly used in the context of their research. At the same time, almost all authors are interested in die theory and practice of adult learning.