POLYTECHNIC TRAINING IN CHUVASHIA SCHOOLS IN 1958-1964
The article examines the historical experience of polytechnics introduction within the framework of school reform carried out in the Soviet Union in 1958-1964. The given problem is analyzed by the authors on the example of the Chuvash Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, taking into account national and regional specifics in organization, forms of implementation, and effectiveness of the school reform. The importance of adopted legislative acts on a national scale is shown. Based on new archival material, the experience of reforming the structure of school education was studied. Introduction of labor education and training lessons in the school system is of interest from the point of view of their positive results for scientific and technical development of the society as well as identification of causes for unresolved issues in the reform. The methods of polytechnical education introduction, introduction of the labor principle into school education, teachers’ advanced training, the experience of school teachers-innovators in implementation of a new direction contributed to modernization of educational system and communication of school with the national economy.