DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATIONAL AND PEDAGOGICAL FORECASTING IN THE UKRAINIAN SOCIALIST SOVIET REPUBLIC DURING THE WORLD WAR II AND THE POST-WAR PERIOD (1940 – 1960)

Authors

  • Serhii Cherniak PhD of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor, Senior Researcher, Information and Document Use Department, State Archive of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4327-0994

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31435/ijitss.1(49).2026.6029

Keywords:

Educational and Pedagogical Forecasting, World War II, Reconstruction of the Country

Abstract

The article highlights the development of the problem of educational and pedagogical forecasting in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic during the World War ІІ and in the post-war period (1940 – 1960). The scientist identifies conditional periods regarding the development of Soviet schooling in Ukraine during the war years. The teacher monitors changes in the demographic situation in the country. The researcher pays special attention during the specified period to improving the work of pedagogical education institutions. The scientist describes socio-political changes in domestic educational legislation. The researcher argues that the main thing in the restructuring of the public education system after the war was to combine learning with productive work.

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Published

2026-03-30

How to Cite

Serhii Cherniak. (2026). DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATIONAL AND PEDAGOGICAL FORECASTING IN THE UKRAINIAN SOCIALIST SOVIET REPUBLIC DURING THE WORLD WAR II AND THE POST-WAR PERIOD (1940 – 1960). International Journal of Innovative Technologies in Social Science, 4(1(49). https://doi.org/10.31435/ijitss.1(49).2026.6029