Khaidari N. Organization of Education in Elite Boarding Schools in Great Britain on the Example of «Public Schools» (End of the XX – Beginning of the XXI Centuries)

The dissertation deals with the theoretical generalization and the solution of the important and topical task, that consists in revealing and finding out the organizational and educational foundations of the activities of elite boarding schools «public schools» in the UK and in determining the possibilities of using British experience in domestic educational and instructional practice. The analysis of the state of development of the scientific problem of the organization of education in elite boarding schools in the United Kingdom on the example of «public schools» in the late XX – early XXI centuries has showed that according to the problem and thematic principle the historiographical works are divided into groups, namely: history of formation and development of elite boarding schools in the UK; formation and development of elite education, elitism and elite pedagogics; the problems of private elite education in the UK at the present stage; the problems of reforming the modern teaching and educational systems of leading countries of the world, private education in general, in particular, in Ukraine and England. The essence of the key categories and their specific notions-categories are specified: «education», «elite», «elite education», «elite boarding schools», «public schools», «education in elite boarding schools», etc. The history of the formation and development of elite education in Great Britain at the end of the XX – at the beginning of the XXI centuries is highlighted and the place of «public schools» is defined in the specified process. It was found out that formation and development of elite boarding schools «public schools» has passed in four periods: 1) formation of «public schools» (ХІV–ХVІІ century); 2) development of «public schools» (XVII – the beginning of the XIX century); 3) strengthening of integration processes (XIX – the middle of XX century); 4) crisis and radical reformation (1960 – present time): crisis of the system of elite education (beginning of 1960 – early 1970s); active reforms (mid 1970 – mid 1990’s); new strengthening of the positions of elite schools (mid 1990’s – present time). The main types of education in the private boarding schools of Great Britain during the studied period, namely religious education, civic education, and physical education, aesthetic have been revealed. The main components of the school subculture of elite boarding schools «public schools» in the UK have been outlined: school history; school traditions; school territory; tutor system; school rules; school symbols; school vocabulary (slang); extra-curricular work. On the basis of the theoretical substantiation of the problem of research, revealing and defining of the organizational and educational principles of the functioning of elite boarding schools «public schools» in Great Britain at the end of the XX – the beginning of the XXI century, the analysis of the state of elite private education in Ukraine the possibilities of using British experience in the domestic teaching and educational practice have been identified. Recommendations for its inclusion on the legislative, scientific and methodical, educational and administrative and school levels have been developed. The proposed recommendations will provide additional opportunities for the formation of elite education in Ukraine with the goal of educating the elite of the nation as the engine of the success of a highly developed country. The scientific conceptions of the concepts of elite, elite education, which are presented in the world of pedagogical science; the concepts of the development of elite education in the UK and the place of «public schools» in the identified process are improved. The further development is concerned with the main provisions of the comparative pedagogy and comparative analysis of the experience of elite private education of gifted pupils in the UK and Ukraine.