THE VIEWS OF THE CLASSICS OF DOMESTIC PEDAGOGY ON THE PROBLEM OF INTEGRATION OF THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN

The article examines the views of domestic teachers on the integration of mental and physical development of children based on the study of historical and pedagogical publications. In the modern conditions, the attention of parents is more focused on the child’s intellectual preparation for school rather than to his physical development. Numerous scientific studies prove the existence of relationship between the physical and mental development of children. Developing modern concepts and technologies of children upbringing, it is advisable to refer to the progressive experience of the past. The classics of the Russian pedagogy have repeatedly considered in their works the period of preschool childhood, highlighting it as an important stage in human development. They determined the need for development of a holistic personality, the integration of its mental and physical development. The theory of physical education of P. F. Lesgaft is based on the ideas of awareness, meaningfulness of the actions performed. The integration of mental and physical education is also seen in the understanding of the essence of physical education — “the ability to control one’s actions and thoughts”. I. A. Sikorsky noted the dangerous consequences of accelerated development of mental abilities with insufficient physical development. The national outdoor games were determined an important means of integrating the mental and physical development of children by the classics of Russian pedagogy. The ideas of teachers of the past are being developed develop in the modern educational practice, in organization of the educational environment, in the technologies being developed. Taking into account the continuity of ideas, the pedagogical conditions for integration of the mental and physical development of children of preschool age are defined: ensuring the educational impact of the social environment, building an educational process on the values of health and a healthy lifestyle; variable use of folk games, raising the competence of parents and educators.

physical development, mental activity, child, educational history, past experience, folk games, integration, comprehensive development, awareness, pedagogical conditions, progressive ideas, principle of nationality.

Zakharova V. S. The views of the classics of domestic pedagogy on the problem of integration of the mental and physical development of children. Business. Education. Law, 2019, no. 2, pp. 465–469. DOI: 10.25683/VOLBI.2019.47.209.