Anton S. Makarenko (Anton Makarenko)

Anton Semenovich Makarenko (Ukrainian: Анто́н Семенович Мака́ренко, Anton Semenovych Makarenko; 13 January 1888 – 1 April 1939), a Ukrainian and Soviet educator, social worker and writer, became the most influential educational theorist in the Soviet Union; A. S. Makarenko promoted democratic ideas and principles in educational theory and practice. As one of the founders of Soviet pedagogy, he elaborated the theory and methodology of upbringing in self-governing child collectives and introduced the concept of productive labor into the educational system. Makarenko is often reckoned among the world's great educators, and his books have appeared in many countries.
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Was a Ukrainian and Soviet educator and writer, one of the founders of the Soviet pedagogy.