Features of the Development of Vocational Education and Training of Teachers in Volyn at the Beginning of the Xx Century

Abstract

Summary. The purpose of the study is to reveal the peculiarities of the formation of professional training of students and the improvement of pedagogical skills of teachers of primary schools in Volyn in the early twentieth century on the basis of the analysis of the works of Ukrainian scientists and archival documents. The research methodology is based on a combination of the principles of scientificity, objectivity, historicism and multifactoriality in the study of the proposed topic. The scientific novelty is that the peculiarities of the development of vocational education in Volyn in the early twentieth century are studied on the basis of archival documents. The authorities intensified the process of opening educational institutions where students had the opportunity to receive vocational education. The role of zemstvos in the organization and conduct of pedagogical courses for primary school teachers in the province has been clarified. The result of the study led to the conclusion that there was an urgent need to form a network of professional educational institutions in Volyn in the early twentieth century. Local governments played an important role in that process covering the costs associated with the opening of vocational schools. After their formation, zemstvos also took an active part in this work. One of their priorities was to expand the network of primary schools in the region and to conduct pedagogical courses for primary school teachers. An important feature was the growing number of subjects studying psychology and natural sciences. But not all plans were realized due to the refusal of zemstvos to finance the opening of individual craft schools. Many decisions remained unfulfilled due to the outbreak of the First World War.