The article deals with the peculiarities of formation of pedagogical thought in Ukraine and Poland during the propagation of Renaissance ideas into pedagogical culture of XVI-XVII centuries. It has been emphasized that founders of humanistic pedagogical culture in Ukraine were such outstanding scientists as Grygoriy Sanotskyi, Yuriy Drogobych, Mikolaj Kopernik, Pavlo Krosnenskyi and others. Problems of new man's formation, understanding his life purpose, expressions of his civic and spiritual activities, reevaluation of manual labour, peculiarities of moral education are studied on the basis of comparative analysis of famous Ukrainian-Polish humanists' works of XVI-XVII centuries. It has been stressed that the existence of close spiritual and intellectual relations between Ukrainian and Polish culture enabled the formation of humanistic pedagogical principles, European cultural and educational space, as well as the strengthening European life values. Educational thought of XVI-XVII centuries has been analyzed in the context of problems associated with the propagation of humanistic thinking among Ukrainian and Polish intellectuals, the reevaluation of man's role in the different spheres of life, the development of new educational culture in Ukraine.
Important aspects of moral and civic upbringing of personality based on studying the experience of humanist pedagogy establishment in the Italian Renaissance in XIV-XV centuries and the Ukrainian Renaissance in XVI-XVII centuries have been reviewed in the article. It has been found out that under the influence of Renaissance in XVI-XVII centuries Ukrainian pedagogy progressed not only in the Orthodox Christian paradigm of thinking, but was greatly enriched by the humanistic ideas of European origin as well and the matter of a person, a bright personality, endowed with unique personality traits, high ethical and Christian virtues, active and dynamic, was crucial for the forming of humanistic pedagogy. This resulted in increasing interest of Ukrainian philosophers to human problems, establishment of the value of personality, awareness of the importance of education and science in life. Intellect, education, moral virtues and work became the greatest personal qualities in works of Italian and Ukrainian humanists. Pedagogical culture during the Renaissance was also determined by ideas of civil humanism, need for patriotic education and personal action for the common good. Formation of civic sense and responsibility for own actions were of great importance.
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