Interdisciplinary transforming of the functions of pedagogical comparativistics

Abstract

The article presents a classification of interdisciplinary transformations of the functions of comparative pedagogy in the information age. The problem of transforming comparative pedagogy into pedagogical comparativistics was studied. The key functions of pedagogical comparativistics are revealed. Classification is considered in the evolutionary key. In the classification of the transformation of key functions, four types of evolutionary transformations were defined: 1) divergent, 2) parallel, 3) co-evolutionary, 4) convergent. Thus, the authors pointed to hybrid transformations under the influence of other sciences: cognitive neuroscience, mathematics, psychology, statistics, evaluation of results in social sciences, informatics and others. The main function was recognized as a comparative function that combines together analytical, representative, instrumental, evaluation and prognostic functions into a single whole.