Concepts PEDAGOGY and EDUCATION in G. N. Volkov’s “Pedagogy of Love”

Abstract

The features of metaphorical modeling concepts of pedagogy and education are described in pedagogical discourse of Gennadiy Nikandrovich Volkov (1927-2010), the founder of ethno-pedagogy. Basic concepts of pedagogy are understood on the basis of national (ethnic) world-view of the author, his individual author’s concept sphere. The relevance of the study is determined by using the approaches to the study of metaphor - cognitive and pragmatic. Significance of the study also seems in the fact that the metaphorical world modeling in ethnopedagogical discourse makes possible the identification of basic metaphors with suggestive potential that is associated with the possibility of effective influence on the student. It is established that pedagogical science (in particular, ethno-pedagogy, folk pedagogy) in G. N. Volkov’s pedagogical discourse is personified and understood as the subject of interpersonal relationships, entering into dialogue with other sciences. The “personal education” refers to “construction work” performed by the environment throughout the life (so-called “immortal link between generations”). At that, the sequence of influence of each participant’s construction activities to the person is worked out in detail, their role in its formation is determined. The article focuses on ethnically marked beliefs of the author about the identity of the student as a result of the influence of creative activities of the ancestors. It is shown that Volkov has the idea of the eternity of education, which sets the eternity image of teacher and student.

Keywords

• pedagogical discourse
• metaphor
• concept sphere
• concept
• author’s individual concept
• ethnically related concept
• metaphorical modeling