Kharchenko N. Age characteristics of pupils as the subject of educational psychology at the scientific G. S. Kostiuk's heritage

In the thesis the problem of age characteristics of pupils in the writings of G. S. Kostiuk and his followers. It was found that age mental characteristics due to the historical development, heredity, education, content and nature of communication and activity. This communication activities and, in his opinion, directly affecting the timing of transition from one age to the next stage. Professional development periods analyzed G. S. Kostiuk and his research interests, particularly associated with the study of the role of training in the development of individual pupils. Established by asking pupils to educational practical tasks, arming them ways of solving these problems, Learning development goes ahead. However, it relies not only on what the child has achieved during its development, but its potential. Proved that personal development is the result of the dialectical interaction of environment, heredity and human activity, and the person - is a complex entity, integrated "structure structures" mental characteristics that include a number of components in their relationships, individuality motives, goals, and other mental skills, focus on the realization of social values, self, self-realization.