The dissertation presents the results of historical and pedagogical research of the theory and practice of the development of girls’ natural and mathematical education in the territory of Ukraine in the XIX – the beginning of the XX century.
The object of the study is the genesis of women’s education in Ukraine. The subject of the study is the theoretical and methodological foundations of girls’ natural and mathematical education in educational establishments of Ukraine of the XIX – the beginning of the XX century. The purpose of the study is to substantiate the theoretical and methodological foundations of the genesis of girls’ natural and mathematical education in educational establishments of Ukraine of the XIX – the beginning of the XX century on the basis of a comprehensive historical and pedagogical analysis, to identify the ideas of a positive retrospective experience for its further introduction into modern education.
Methods: scientific and bibliographic, chronological and system, problem and search, historical and genetic, content-analysis, historical and retrospective.
The theoretical and methodological foundations of the genesis of girls’ natural and mathematical education in educational establishments of the studied period have been substantiated, which consist of a set of scientific provisions based on the gender approach and cover the organizational and pedagogical development of women’s education, including natural and mathematical education (conceptual theories, basic approaches, principles); transformation of the purpose, content, forms, methods and teaching tools of female representatives of natural and mathematical sciences; the influence of socio-economic, scientific and technical, socio-cultural, organizational and legal factors on the positioning of women in society, their professional self-determination and the specifics of forming the natural and mathematical picture of the world. The transformation of concepts of women’s education, the main approaches to their realization in the pre-revolutionary era; the interrelationship with existing natural science theories and approaches to the teaching of natural and mathematical disciplines have been characterized.
Based on selected criteria (historical, regulatory and legislative, didactic, scientific, structural and organizational, historiographic) the periodization of the development of girls’ natural and mathematical education in educational establishments of Ukraine in the XIX – the beginning of the XX century has been substantiated: organizational and regulatory (1802 – 1851); public and educational (1852 – 1901); reformational and unificational (1902 – 1919) periods. The tendencies, principles, content, forms, methods and teaching tools of girls’ natural and mathematical education in Ukrainian educational establishments have been highlighted during relevant time frame.
The positive retrospective experience of girls’ natural and mathematical education in Ukraine in the XIX – the beginning of the XX century has been singled out and the main directions of its extrapolation to modern educational establishments have been defined.
The practical significance of the study. A textbook «Girls’ natural and mathematical education in Ukraine of the XIX – the beginning of the XX century» was compiled.
