COMMENTS ON TERMS USED IN CHILD, ETNOS, CHILD RAISING AND EDUCATIONAL AREAS

Abstract

This article analyzes different approaches to concepts such as “folk pedagogy” and “ethnopedagogy”. The definitions given by many pedagogues on these concepts are compared with the definitions of ethnologists. Ethnopedagogy and folk pedagogy are separated according to their content. According to him, in one approach, “ethnopedagogy is a science”, and “folk pedagogy is the views and experiences of the people on the education of the young generation”; in another approach, “ethnopedagogy” is a concept that means a comparative analysis of the educational traditions of different people, and “folk pedagogy” is interpreted as the educational traditions of a certain ethnic group; - in another approach, the concepts are understood as synonyms. Researching ethnopedagogy from an ethnological point of view is unique and relevant. In the ethnological approach, people’s experiences of education and training are studied as a process, and attention is paid not to the dreams and ideas of the people about education and training, but to the criteria and methods of education in practice. The conclusion is that folk pedagogy is folklore and practical experiences of educating the young generation, and ethnopedagogy is an interdisciplinary field that studies folk pedagogy on the one hand, and educational criteria, methods and experiences specific to a particular ethnic group on the other hand. Since there are different ethnicities in the world, it means that their ethnic characteristics are formed through the family, lifestyle, neighborhood and the entire education system. It is these characteristics that are studied through an ethnological approach.