Development of Education in Kyiv through the Pages of News Papers «Nova Rada» and «Kyivlyanyn» in the Central Rada Period

Abstract

The article is devoted to the press coverage of the development of the educational process in Kyiv in the Central Rada period. The relevance of the study is conditioned by the lack of a comprehensive research of the educational environment in Kyiv in this period with the use of periodicals. The daily Kyiv editions «Nova Rada» and «Kyivlyanyn» have been used as a source base. Being different in  terms of  materials, methods of presenting information, style of writing and ideological orientation, these news papers covered different issues of education in the city. Qualitative and quantitative analysis, namely content analysis, which is  a formalized method of  interpreting texts, allows to increase the  information content of  such an inexhaustible source as the  press. In the  context of  this research, the  qualitative and quantitative analysis is useful to study advertising and reference sections of news papers, determined by the consistency and relative homogeneity of the content, with the goal of stating the frequency of indication. With the  help of  news paper publications, the  changes that took place in  Kyiv education have been revealed, the  factors that influenced its democratization and Ukrainization have been clarified, and the challenges faced by participants in the educational process during 1917 and early 1918 have been identified. The possibility of reconstruction of everyday life of Kyiv students, schoolchildren and teachers with the help of periodicals has been proved. The impact of revolutionary changes on the Kyiv educational environment has been studied through the prism of everyday life, and their consequences for the functioning of educational institutions have been assessed. On the basis of advertisement on the pages of the press, the  conditions of  admission to higher and secondary schools, the  specifics of  education, the  social and gender component of potential entrants, the introduction of mixed education have been determined.