III. Answer the questions:

1. What is pedagogics?

2. What is the origin of the word “pedagogics”?

3. How did pedagogics develop as a science?

4. What does pedagogics study?

5. What are the subject and object of pedagogics?

6. What are the main tasks of pedagogics as a science?

7. How many sections does pedagogics consist of? What are they?

IV. Continue the sentences using the text:

1. Pedagogics is the science that studies … .

2. Gradually, the word “pedagogics” appears more generally: to define … .

3. The object of pedagogics as a science is … .

4. The subject of pedagogics is … .

5. At first, pedagogics existed and developed … .

V. Match the English words with their Ukrainian equivalents:

1) science a) виховання

2) upbringing b) розвиток

3) to deal with с) навчання

4) teaching d) освіта

5) development e) покоління

6) to define f) виконання

7) education g) наука

8) implementation h) покращувати

9) to improve i) розглядати (питання)

10) demand j) визначати

VI. Find the English equivalents for:

поширений, освітній процес, предмет вивчення, розробити, виховання, розвиток особистості, теоретичне завдання, супроводжувати, вивчати, середньовічний, незалежність, педагог.

VII. Find a synonym:

to work out

a) to act b) to develop c) to use d) to do

widespread

a) extended b) growing c) total d) general

peculiarity

a) difference b) activity c) characteristic d) degree

basis

a) fundamentals b) cause c) task d) knowledge

to perceive

a) to find b) to understand c) to do d) to make

VIII. Translate the sentences:

1. Слово «педагогіка» має грецьке походження.

2. Педагогіка як наука має предмет та об’єкт вивчення.

3. Чеський педагог Я. Коменський розробив теорію і практику педагогіки.

4. Одним з головних завдань педагогіки є покращення змісту освіти.

5. Педагогіка вивчає процеси розвитку особистості.

IX. Make up sentences with the terms:

pedagogics, personality development, to improve, object and subject of study, tasks of pedagogics, science, concept, to work out, to deal with, teaching, upbringing.

TEXT B

I. Read and remember the following words and word-combinations:

purpose – мета

unconscious – несвідомий

behaviour – поведінка

observation – спостереження

BC = Before Christ – до Різдва Христова, до нашої ери

occupation – професія

to encourage – заохочувати

intelligence – розум

be familiar with – опановувати

equally capable – однаково здібні

ethnic background – етнічна належність

II. Read and translate the text using the dictionary:

The purpose of education

Teaching methods have a long history and relate to the questions: “What is the purpose of education?” and “What are the best ways of achieving these purposes?” For much of human history educational method was largely unconscious. It consisted of children, imitating the elders’ behaviour, learning through observation and play.

About 3000 BC, with the advent of writing, education became more conscious with occupations, requiring particular skills and knowledge.

It has been the intent of many educators since then to find specific, interesting ways to encourage students to use their intelligence and to help them to learn.

Komensky wanted all boys and girls to learn. In his work “The World in Pictures” he gave the first vivid, illustrated textbook which contained much that children would be familiar with in everyday life. He used it to teach the academic subjects they needed to know.

Much later, Jean-Jacques Rousseau in his novel “Emile” or “On Education” presented methodology to teach children the elements of science and much more. In this case he perfectly avoided books, saying the world is one’s book.

In the 20th century the philosopher Eli Siegel, who believed that all children are equally capable of learning regardless of ethnic background or social class stated: “The purpose of all education is to like the world through knowing it”.