„Narodziny” szlachcica: ideały i praktyka wychowania dzieci starszyzny kozackiej na Hetmańszczyźnie i Ukrainie Słobodzkiej w drugiej połowie XVIII wieku
The “Birth” of a Nobleman: The Ideals and Practices of Child-Rearing of Cossack Starshyna in Cossack Hetmanate and Sloboda Ukraine in the Second Half of the 18th century

Summary/Abstract: The article analyzes the practice of educating children of the regimental and company foremen of Cossack Hetmanate and Sloboda Ukraine in the second half of the 18th century. On the basis of sources of personal origin (letters and diaries) an understanding of some Cossack education strategies was reconstructed. A revival of interest in problems of education and achievements of European pedagogical thought among Cossack sons can be traced to the middle of the 18th century. It was then that the attitude to childhood changed, and a transition to a new understanding of child development and parenting factors occurred. The article concludes that the strategy of education, common among the Cossack, did not remain unchanged throughout the 18th century. The values of “Latin” education and training were revised and supplemented by new ideals, and also as a result of entering the circles of the social elite of the Russian Empire.

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