The role of Saint Theophan the Recluse in the education of mothers-teachers and the development of the system of pedagogical education in the second half of the 19th century

Abstract

An analysis of the regional history of female education allows us to see how, in the course of solving the problem of eliminating illiteracy as part of the modernization process, the very idea of ​​Russian society about the patterns of the structure, functioning and role of the education system changed. For example, the common leitmotif in a number of articles is the idea of ​​the need for a radical revision of the role and nature of women's participation in socio-political life and, above all, equal access to education as a cultural value. At this turning point for Russia, Bishop Theophan of Tambov (Govorov, at the Tambov cathedra from 1859 to 1863), seeing an urgent need to arrange the fate of the daughters of the clergy and to prepare new teaching staff for the spiritual enlightenment of the people, conceived the idea of ​​​​opening a special educational institution for women. During its half-century history, the Tambov Diocesan Girls' School has gone through several stages. Since 1863, it was called the Tambov School for Clergy Maidens and had 3 classes, with each class having 2 years of study, the total period of study being 6 years. Since 1873, it was transformed into the Diocesan Girls' School, and it was from that moment that it essentially became not just a "... school for educating young people", but a full-fledged secondary educational institution. In addition to the usual certificates with grades, the students were awarded the title of "Home Teacher". In 1883, the number of students increased to 135 people (in 1863 - 18 people). In 1883, the school was transformed into a 6-grade school, the number of students increased to 290.