Ivanna Blazhkevych on the development of early education as a foundation of creating a powerful state

Abstract

In-depth research has been done on Ivanna Blazhkevych (1886-1977), a Ukrainian activist, writer, and teacher, in relation to the growth of early childhood education as a tool for enhancing the state. The essay provided support for Ivanna Blazhkevych's periodization of her major life stages and the evolution of her cultural, educational, and scientific theories. The primary foci of I. Blazhkevych's pedagogical, cultural-educational, and creative work have been identified as follows: pre-school-pedagogical (organization of pre-school institutions; justification of pre-school education methods; identification of kindergarten students' educational requirements); educational (assistance in the fight against illiteracy); ethnographic (collection of ethnographic material: recording folk songs, legends, and sayings); national-patriotic (writing books for children).