KOSTENKO M. ANALYSIS OF THE SOVIET EXPERIENCE OF TRAINING TEACHING STAFF: VALUES, THEORY, PRACTICE. LIFELONG EDUCATION: The 21st Century.
2026. Vol. 14. No. 1. DOI: 10.15393/j5.art.2026.11344


Vol. 14. No. 1.

Human and teaching resources of continuing education
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ANALYSIS OF THE SOVIET EXPERIENCE OF TRAINING TEACHING STAFF: VALUES, THEORY, PRACTICE

KOSTENKO Maxim A.
PhD in Sociological Sciences, Associate Professor, Director
V. S. Lednev Institute of Teaching Content and Methods
(Moscow, Russian Federation)
info@instrao.ru
Keywords:
pedagogical education
training of teaching staff
professional values
traditional values
soviet experience.		 Abstract: the relevance of preparing teachers for professional activities aimed at introducing schoolchildren to the traditional values of Russian culture necessitates special attention to the Soviet experience of developing the pedagogical education system, which ensured the formation of professional values and axiological competencies in teachers. Objective: to analyze the existing research on the Soviet system of pedagogical education and to identify effective solutions relevant to the current situation for ensuring the formation of value orientations in teachers and the readiness to form them in students. The article analyzes the results of studies presented in periodicals and dissertations over the past 10 years (2015‒2025), which were compared with the results of empirical studies (interviews with teachers, discussions of practicing teachers, some results of a questionnaire on the sources of professional values, traditions and features of the domestic system of pedagogical education). It has been established that the number of studies focusing on either the regional system of training Soviet school personnel or the development trends, characteristics, and individual aspects (such as mentoring or value concepts) of professional teacher education is growing. The authors address the dissemination of best practices in the process of teacher training, comparing the dynamics of the system's development at different historical stages of the Soviet and post-Soviet periods, its axiological foundations, and value concepts. Based on the conducted analysis of theoretical sources, it is significant to turn to effective practices of pedagogical education of the Soviet era in terms of disseminating values and developing the pedagogical position of a teacher responsible for developing value systems in students. Researchers of the Soviet era emphasize the targeted nature of personnel training in both ideological and organizational terms, noting the systematic and planned nature of this work. Personnel training was centralized, carried out according to uniform curricula, and aimed at instilling professional values in teachers.
Paper submitted on: 12/15/2025; Accepted on: 02/16/2026; Published online on: 03/26/2026.

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