| Abstract: | The elaboration of problems of pedagogy, and the improvement of the processes of education and training call for serious theoretical
and experimental research. The development of new elements in a system of training and specially organized experiments are
undoubtedly needed. But one should always bear in mind that the peculiarity of pedagogy is that it is inalienably connected
with practical pedagogical work. Here one finds its source-and its area of application.
Soviet pedagogical science cannot fruitfully develop without close co-operation with teachers' work. The teacher is vital
for the success of education and the training of the younger generation. Soviet teachers devote their energies to educating
and instructing builders of a communist society. And in this respect they have accumulated a vast store of experience. This
experience is shared with the masses and is of primary importance in the complex sphere of education. The result of this advanced
pedagogical experience forms a solid basis for further progress in theory and is an effective means of improving educational
work in schools.
Antonina Grigorievna Khripkova, Vice-President and Corresponding Member of the U.S.S.R. Academy of Pedagogical Sciences, is
the author of more than sixty works in the field of education, among which arePhysiology of Man and Animals, Acceleration of Physical Development of Children and Adolescents, The Biological and the Social
in Human Development and Education, Talk on a Difficult Subject (on sexual education for pupils) andProblems of Sexual Education |
