Social and humanitarian disciplines in maritime education as a means of realizing socio-cultural component of education (1991-2019)

Abstract

The article analyzes social and humanitarian disciplines in maritime educational institutions as a means of realizing the socio-cultural component of education in 1991-2019. It was found that in an independent Ukraine an important task was the humanization of education, so the number of social and humanitarian disciplines began to increase. Thus, in accordance with the Instruction letter of the Ministry of Education of Ukraine №1/9-64 of 19.05.1993 "On the teaching of social and humanitarian disciplines" a number of social and humanitarian disciplines were added to the curricula. The following disciplines have been characterized on the basis of the curricula stored in the archives of Kherson State Maritime Academy and Maritime College. Within the chosen period of time, curricula and the names of disciplines have changed but among those realizing socio-cultural component belonging to the cycle of humanities and social-economic sciences are: "History of Ukraine", "Business Ukrainian language", "Ukrainian and foreign culture", "Philosophy", "Fundamentals of psychology and pedagogy", "Religious Studies", "Fundamentals of Economic Theory", "Political Science", "Fundamentals of Law", "Sociology", "Fundamentals of Constitutional Law of Ukraine", "English". The analysis of the social and humanitarian disciplines of maritime educational institutions gives grounds to claim that these disciplines fully contribute to the implementation of the socio-cultural component of education in 1991-2019 and are, for the most part, closely linked, one discipline being the basis for studying others and vice versa. Their list, content, as well as their affiliation to the normative or selective disciplines were established in accordance with the current laws, regulations, orders, normative documents.