PARKHOMENKO I. Development of historical and local lore work in the institutions of extracurricular education of the North-Eastern Ukraine (second half of the XX – early XXI century)

The thesis is a comprehensive study, within which the theoretical, content and organizational foundations of historical and local lore work development in the extracurricular education institutions of the North-Eastern Ukraine in the second half of the XX century – early XXI century are clarified in order to substantiate the prospects of using the innovative potential of the studied educational phenomenon in the process of modernizing extracurricular education in Ukraine. An important element in the formation of a holistic view of historical and local lore work in the extracurricular education institutions as a pedagogical problem was the study of scientific thought generated by education theorists and practitioners. The historiography of the problem was analyzed, and its source base was determined. The state of elaboration of the problem of historical and local lore work development in the extracurricular education institutions of the North-Eastern Ukraine by highlighting and characterizing the periods of historiography (Soviet and modern) and types of historiographical works (dissertations, monographs, periodicals) was highlighted. The source base of the study was characterized by selection and analysis of three groups of sources (archival materials, published sources, works of scientists and teachers-practitioners). Analysis of conceptual and terminological tools of the study has revealed that the generalizing concept of the problem – historical and local lore work in the extracurricular education institutions of the North-Eastern Ukraine – is concretized through such concepts as: historical and local lore work, tourism and local lore work, extracurricular education institutions, North-Eastern Ukraine. Based on the terminological analysis of certain concepts, we have identified three provisions that reflect the main approaches to the study of the outlined historical and pedagogical phenomenon as an educational subsystem, one of children’s activities, a catalyst for deepening knowledge in the humanities. For a detailed analysis, taking into account the essential characteristics of the studied problem, a historical review of the process of transforming the extracurricular education system of the USSR and Ukraine is conducted. The main milestones of the origin, formation and development of the extracurricular education institutions in the field of tourism and local lore work are outlined. The study of historical and local lore work development in the extracurricular education institutions, comparison of regional features in the context of change of the normative-legal base, improvement of methodological provisions, updating of forms and conditions of its realization is carried out in diachronic and synchronic dimensions.