Sklyarova Tatiana; Ageeva Antonina

Educational activity of the Russian Orthodox Church in the period of 1990–2015: problem, approaches and research methods

Abstract

This article deals with the problem of formation and development of educational activities of the Russian Orthodox Church in the period from 1990 to 2015. The chronological framework of the study is determined by the legislative change in the position of the Russian state in relation to the social activity of religious organisations, which allowed them to start educational activities in 1990, and by the processes of standardisation of educational programmes and publication of educational materials initiated in 2015 by the authorities of the Russian Orthodox Church. The purpose of the article is to identify and characterise main research approaches, describe methods that are adequate for the goals and for the structure of the study. The article substantiates the use of historical and pedagogical analysis of documents and facts illustrating activities of various institutions of the Russian Orthodox Church in the fi eld of education. It argues for the use of level-based representation of church educational activities in the relevant period and pays attention to the feasibility of analysing the process of publishing educational literature. In conclusion, a brief description of the planned research methods is given: the survey of experts using the method of “oral history”; comparative study of the development of educational activities of public institutions in Russia in the relevant period; description of the development of educational activities of the Russian Orthodox Church on the four levels of education, i.e. primary, secondary, professional, and scientific; study of publication of printed and electronic educational literature through the analysis of the process of modernisation of the Russian system of library classification and bibliographic description (Russ. ББК); analysis of offi cial documents adopted by the authorities of the Russian Orthodox Church in relation to educational activities during the studied period and the creation of chronological tables that refl ect the data obtained in the course of the study.

Keywords

educational activities of religious organisations, religious education, methodology of research of educational activities, educational activities of Russian Orthodox Church

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Information about the author

Sklyarova Tatiana

Academic Degree: Doctor of Sciences* in Education;
Academic Rank: Professor;
Place of work: St. Tikhon’s Orthodox University for the Humanities; 407, 9/2, Jlovaiskaya str., 109651, Moscow, Russian Federation;
Post: Senior Lecturer;
ORCID: 0000-0002-1169-5624;
Email: tsklyarova@mail.ru.

*According to ISCED 2011, a post-doctoral degree called Doctor of Sciences (D.Sc.) is given to reflect second advanced research qualifications or higher doctorates.

Ageeva Antonina

Academic Degree: Candidate of Sciences* in Education;
Place of work: St. Tikhon’s Orthodox University for the Humanities; 407, 9/2, Jlovaiskaya str., 109651, Moscow, Russian Federation;
Post: Senior Lecturer;
ORCID: 0000-0001-7259-1821;
Email: armusya@yandex.ru.

*According to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) 2011, the degree of Candidate of Sciences (Cand.Sc.) belongs to ISCED level 8 — "doctoral or equivalent", together with PhD, DPhil, D.Lit, D.Sc, LL.D, Doctorate or similar.

Acknowledgments

The reported study was funded by RFBR according to the research project № 19-013-00228.