Educational Reforms of the 1950s–1960s in the Epistolary Legacy of Vasyl Sukhomlynskyi

- Сухомлинська, Л. В. (orcid.org/0000-0003-3055-5392) and Чала, Наталія Володимирівна (orcid.org/0000-0003-4204-432X) (2025) Educational Reforms of the 1950s–1960s in the Epistolary Legacy of Vasyl Sukhomlynskyi Педагогічна наука і освіта ХХІ століття (5).

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Abstract

This article examines Vasyl Sukhomlynskyi’s views on the educational reforms of the 1950s–1960s as reflected in his correspondence. The study analyzes the teacher’s letters to officials, colleagues, scholars, and foreign correspondents, in which he expressed critical remarks regarding the educational policies of the USSR and the Ukrainian SSR, and assessed the anticipated consequences of the 1958 “Law on Schools,” including the reform of evening education, the reduction of primary school duration, and the expansion of the boarding school system. Sukhomlynskyi consistently defended the principles of humanism, the preservation of the family’s leading role in raising children, the gradual nature of reform processes, and equal opportunities for education in bothurban and rural areas. His position significantly differed from official trends toward educational standardization and overloading students; instead, he emphasized an individual approach and the formation of a holistic, well-rounded personality. Many of Sukhomlynskyi’s ideas resonate with the challenges of contemporary school reform, making this study relevant and allowing for a deeper understanding of the risks and opportunities in educational transformation.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	Sukhomlynskyi, epistolary, letters, educational reforms of the 1950s–1960s, student production brigades, subject-based learning.
Subjects:	Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 3 Social Sciences > 37 Education > 37.01/.09 Special auxiliary table for theory, principles, methods and organization of education > 37.01 Fundamentals of education. Theory. Policy etc. Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 3 Social Sciences > 37 Education > 37.01/.09 Special auxiliary table for theory, principles, methods and organization of education > 37.09 Organization of instruction Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 9 Geography. Biography. History > 92 Biographical studies. Genealogy. Heraldry. Flags
Divisions:	V. Sukhomlynskyi State Scientific and Pedagogical Library of Ukraine > Department of Pedagogical Source Studies and Biographistics
Depositing User:	н.с. Х.В. Середа
Date Deposited:	03 Dec 2025 20:03
Last Modified:	03 Dec 2025 20:03
URI:	https://lib.iitta.gov.ua/id/eprint/747606

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