SHCHERBAKOVA O. Pedagogical Views and Educational Activity of Yakov Chepiga (the End of the XIXth – the Beginning of the XXth Centuries).

Object – the pedagogical and educational heritage of Ukrainian teachers of the end of the XIXth – the beginning of the XXth centuries; subject – the pedagogical views and educational activity of Y.F Chepiga (the end of the XIXth – the beginning of the XXth century); aim – the scientific and theoretical grounds of pedagogical and educational activity of Y. Chepiga in the context of actual problems of the development of education and pedagogical science in Ukraine; methods – the theoretical analysis and systematization of historic-pedagogical facts and data; the method of systematization and classification of the scientific literature and archive materials; the comparative method; the constructive-genetic method; the method of generalization of the studied materials; scientific Novelty – the main factors of Y. Chepiga’s forming as a teacher are determined for the first time; the complete consideration and analysis of the main scientific and pedagogical views and directions of education activity of Y. Chepiga are realized; the pedagogical ideas about humanization of the educational process, guided selfdevelopment of child, complex education the test method, Y. Chepiga’s contribution in the process of Ukrainian school forming are developed farther on; the little-known documents and unknown archive materials are introduced to the scientific usage.