In the name of the Motherland: the scientific feat of M.N. Skatkin during the Great Patriotic War

the article is devoted to the analysis of the scientific and pedagogical activity of the outstanding Soviet didact M.N. Skatkin during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. The study reveals a combination of patriotic service and productive scientific work in the extreme conditions of wartime. Aspects of the scientist's activity as a member of the national militia and subsequent inclusion in scientific and methodological work are considered. The article analyzes Skatkin's contribution to the creation and organizational development of the Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of the RSFSR as a central scientific institution. The approaches to solving the problems of education in wartime conditions are revealed. The study demonstrates the importance of scientific activity for ensuring the development of pedagogical science in a critical period of history. The work is based on archival materials, scientific publications of the period under study, and memoir sources. The analysis shows the transformation of research priorities under the influence of military conditions and the formation of new conceptual approaches to the problems of education. The results of the study contribute to understanding the mechanisms of the development of pedagogical science in extreme historical conditions and the role of individual scientific contribution to the preservation of scientific traditions.

M.N. Skatkin, the Great Patriotic War, pedagogical science, APN RSFSR, didactics, history of education, scientific activity