Drobotenko M. Educational practices of philosophy in modern socio-cultural contexts

The purpose of the study is to systematize and generalize educational practices of philosophy in its didactic and educational representations based on the author's methodological program. The object of research is the theoretical self-reflection of philosophical education. The subject of the study is the transformation of the educational practices of philosophy in contemporary socio-cultural contexts. The research was based on the author's methodology developed on the basis of interdisciplinary, system-theoretical and analytical-hermeneutic approaches, with regard to the praxeological orientation of the research. Since the educational practices of philosophy are related to educational institutions and pedagogical relations, phenomenology method and method of anthropological interpretation were used in their descriptions. The methods of contextual analysis and historical comparative studies are widely used in the dissertation, as well as structural and functional analysis and a biographical method. The scientific novelty of the results obtained is the procedural conceptualization of the educational practices of philosophy as a specific mode of its existence in the field of culture and the world of life, where the integration and differentiation of philosophy and pedagogy is constantly taking place, as a consequence of which there is an expansion of their functional range. It is proved that the educational practices of philosophy, on the one hand, are an answer to the social and cultural demands of the society, but on the other hand, they have a proactive character, setting the prospect of spiritual renewal and the formation of a person of the future. Materials of the dissertation can be used in educational practices, for the development of methodological textbooks, variational curricula, and specific projects, in the teaching of special courses in philosophy, philosophy of education and sociology of education/