Vyatka priest, educator and methodist teacher N. N. Blinov

Abstract

Introduction. One of the active processes of humanization of education in modern conditions is an appeal to the best achievements of the past, to the works of representatives of Russian, including regional pedagogy, whose creative searches were permeated with the ideas of humanism, concern for the upbringing and education of a person. Genuine interest is aroused by the multifaceted pedagogical and methodological activities of the famous Vyatka priest, zemstvo figure and methodist teacher N. N. Blinov (1839-1917), who clearly manifested himself as a practical teacher, a methodologist of primary education at the All-Russian level, the author of numerous educational books, an educator and researcher of the history of the Udmurt people. Materials and methods. The author uses as research methods: analysis of historical and pedagogical literature, biographical and historical methods, axiological (value) approach to the study of historical and pedagogical material. In his work, the author used a number of publications by foreign and Russian authors. Results. The period of activity of N. N. Blinov coincided with the time of activation of the development of education in Russia. In the Russian provinces, local methodologists in the field of education actively worked, – authors of textbooks and the first alphabets, mainly for the so–called "small", i.e. non-Russian, peoples. Blinov was one of the most prominent representatives of the Russian regional enlightenment in the second half of the XIX – first two decades of the XX centuries. His activities were of a multilateral nature. Russian Russian was the author of textbooks for Russian and Udmurt children, the organizer of rural schools, and his local history work was highly appreciated by the Russian Imperial Geographical Society. Especially his books "Learning – light" and the first Udmurt alphabet "Lydzon" should be highlighted. Discussion. In N. N. Blinov's method of teaching reading, the presence of such a new element in literacy teaching for that time as a clearly established and filled with concrete content step-by-step, currently known as "algorithmization", is original and valuable. At the same time, the desire to establish strict stages in the assimilation of letters was inevitably accompanied by the need to introduce words whose meaning was still unknown to children. Conclusion. Blinov's fruitful scientific, methodological and practical pedagogical activity, his local history work are a vivid phenomenon in the history of Russian provincial education. His methodological views remain relevant up to the present time. Vyatka educator contributed to the development of Udmurt culture and literature by being the author of original ethnographic, dramatic, historical and biographical works. His turbulent, eventful life deserves further study, as well as his numerous works.