The article argues that the life-creativity of Academician Ivan Andriiovych Ziaziun was subordinated to the ideals of serving his people. His "Pedagogy of good" is valuable for his natural synthesis of the principles of nationality, citizenship, patriotism, endowed with transcendental educational functions for "living and unborn" generations. It serves as a solid foundation for national education in the context of strengthening Ukrainian identity. It is substantiated that the disappearance of ethnic identity, manifested in aspects of language, national memory, traditions, symbols, culture, makes it impossible to perceive and motivate belonging to Ukrainian ethnic identity and pride for it. In the academic and pedagogical environment of this strategy, I. Ziaziun always adhered to his traditional "sense of honor, dignity and significance of education in society." He clearly understood how important it is for a teacher, a pupil, a student, and finally a state who seeks subjectivity in the world community, to balance the fundamental components of real and humane education in order to "take on the challenge of time with dignity." These ideas are designed on the conscious experience of the adoption of the principles of culture and nature compatibility and multiculturalism. The attention is paid to foreign achievements in improving the quality of educational systems through the dialogue of cultures that stimulates the development of education, industrialization, democratization, innovation of technological processes. By giving a general assessment of the results of cultural contacts, you can find numerous universal achievements of countries and peoples related to various cultural and philosophical models.
Race, Space, and the Built Pedagogical Environment
