SCHOOL GARDEN - A COMPONENT OF EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT OF SUKHOMLYNSKYI SCHOOL

• Леся Сухомлинська

  науковий співробітник ДНПБ України імені В.О. Сухомлинського

In the article the notion “educational environment” through the prism of the research topic is characterized; the school garden as an important component in the structure of the pedagogical system of V. Sukhomlynskyi has singled out. It is revealed that the school garden appears as a symbol of school in general, and especially of school headed by Sukhomlynskyi, and it is nominated by the teacher as the center of the educational environment  where students live and develop. The content of the concept of “school garden” is disclosed, which, according to Sukhomlynskyi, includes the garden itself as an organized area with fruit trees and shrubs, as well as school and research land plots, green laboratory, plots, greenhouses etc. It is proved that at Sukhomlynskyi school the school garden was used for the development and more productive improvement of physical, moral, mental, labor, aesthetic education of students of different age and gender, the content of each of the directions is clarified, the forms and methods of teaching and upbringing are outlined. It is concluded the multifunctionality of the phenomenon of “school garden” of Sukhomlynskyi School, which, depending on the context, is a comprehensive method of education and training, a kind of organization of the pedagogical process, the purpose of the educational process, an idealized ideal, to which harmony of pedagogical influences is applied.The analysis was conducted through the prism of the purpose and tasks of the New Ukrainian School as an additional important argument and resource for the development of a natural active and child-friendly educational environment

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