The scientific research is dedicated to theoretical and practical issues of functioning of 4-6-year-old children upbringing in cultural-educational space of PEI.
The analysis of the problem of holistic preschool children development in the context of current conceptions of the value of childhood itself was studied.
Scientific- methodological approaches (anthropological, axiological, eco-psychological, subjective-environment, system-synergetic, integrative-active) as to the harmonious upbringing of 4-6-year-old, children in cultural-educational space of preschool educational institution are grounded. Based on the historic genetic analysis of the state of the harmonious upbringing of preschool children in the history of philosophic –pedagogic thoughts the peculiarities of children upbringing in terms of integration, which is based on the principle of kalokagthia, are determined.
The notional instrument and leading ideas of the concept of the harmonious upbringing of preschool children in cultural-educational space of preschool institution are exposed.
Based on the indicated regularities and principals as to the organization of upbringing of preschool children in cultural-educational space of preschool institution, the essence of harmonious upbringing of 4-6-year-old children as specially created process of purposeful spiritual and physical formation of a child in cultural educational space of preschool educational institution in terms of complex use of interaction means of physical, moral and aesthetic components for holistic development of a preschool child, is defined.
The cultural educational space of preschool educational institution is characterized as the system of organization of a child’s activity, which functionally models the meaning of his spiritual and physical development on the base of unity of social and subject to supply variety of child’s activities to develop him as many-sided harmoniously personality. All these presuppose collaboration, joint creative work and person-to-person cooperation of all participants of educational process and favor the development of children’s potential abilities for further self-realization in life.
The criteria, index and levels of upbringing of 4-6-year-old children are identified. Harmonious breeding of 4-6-year-old children is determined as integral ability of a personality, development of his physical qualities and awareness of knowledge and abilities of psychophysiological, spiritual-ideological, emotional-valuable and activity-creativity dominants of personality, that qualitatively new level physical (holistic physical) and spiritual (morally aesthetic) development of a preschool child.
The pedagogical conditions of effective functioning of harmonious upbringing system of preschool children in cultural educational space in preschool educational institutions are determined and the main methods, forms and means are exposed.
The theoretical model of the system of the harmonious upbringing of preschool children in cultural-educational space of PEI are grounded and designed. It consists of blocks such as target (general conception and aim), theoretical-methodological (scientific approaches, tasks and principles), informative-technological (content, forms, methods, means and pedagogical conditions) and criteria-effective (components, criteria, index and levels of holistic development of harmonious manners in interaction (holistic physical and morally aesthetic components (high, adequate, average, low). The effectiveness of author’s model was examined and methodical supply of the process was devised.
