Conformity with nature in terms and definitions
The article deals with the problem of giving a general definition to the term ‘conformity with nature’ (as used in Russian pedagogy). The author analyzes existing definitions by Gamezo, Kodzhaspirova, Kodzhaspirov, Bezrukova and Piskunov and raises a question about the compliance of existing terms and their definitions to the essence of conformity with nature. To meet this objective, the article presents the difference in representations of the term ‘conformity with nature’ by J.A. Comenius and J.J. Rousseau, and consequently the author proves the necessity of making changes in the definition of ‘conformity with nature’. As a result the author proposes the term ‘a paradigm of conformity with nature’.