FOLK APPLIED ARTS IN RURAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS OF RUSSIA: HISTORICAL AND PEDAGOGICAL ANALYSIS
The article provides the historical and pedagogical analysis of the views of famous teachers, scientists and thinkers, learners in different years the problems of development and preservation of national traditions, moral and cultural values in the rural schools of Russia, which allowed to show the evolution of the system of rural educational institutions, to determine its main steps and to reveal the possibilities of folk crafts in the development of rural society. The article holistically reveals the basics and contents of a concept of “folk crafts”. It brings up a generalized characteristic of its kinds, considered by the authors through the main needs of a person and includes tangible and aesthetic purpose, spiritual and educational mission. The research proves the idea that folk applied art has great social and pedagogical potential in the development of rural society, which is extremely important for the preservation of the Russian modern village.