Pedagogical Animation: Educational Practices of Ukraine and Poland

The article analyzes the essential characteristics of the concept of pedagogical animation in the context of Ukrainian and Polish educational practices, specifies the peculiarities of pedagogical animation, studies the vectors of developing the phenomenon under study and compares relevant approaches to its implementation in the systems of the Ukrainian and Polish teacher education. The conducted analysis on the interpretation of the concept of pedagogical animation concludes that the Ukrainian education system unilaterally uses the functionality of this phenomenon. Pedagogical animation is mainly a part of the problems of socio-pedagogical, socio-cultural, cultural and leisure nature and issues of physical education organization. The underestimated importance of the phenomenon under study in the context of the educational process can significantly affect the implementation of the analyzed programme for updating the system of general secondary education. The use of pedagogical animation as a method of interaction between teachers and students based on child-centeredness and partner pedagogy contribute to implementing the main components of the Concept of the New Ukrainian School. The range of using pedagogical animation in educational practices of Polish teachers is more expanded. Along with the traditional socio-cultural and activity-based one, pedagogical animation is an integral part of the educational process. High social standards in the country urge pedagogical science and practice to implement a variety of training programmes, which incorporate animation skills as components of professional competencies. The variability of special pedagogies in Polish educational practices highlights the issue of pedagogical animation development both at theoretical and methodological levels. The results of the comparative analysis show that the use of pedagogical animation in Ukrainian and Polish educational practices contributes to developing pedagogical interaction at various stages of education, namely from preschool education to adult education. The development of pedagogical animation and its justification as a didactic structure will help to bring this phenomenon to a new level of educational significance and promote it as advanced pedagogical experience.