ESSENCE, FUNCTIONS, THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL PROBLEMS OF MODERN LOCAL LORE

Abstract

The system of modern humanitarian education should focus on the formation of a person who is able
to translate cultural values, norms, ideals, and forms of reproduction of the national-cultural world, to
promote the formation of interethnic tolerant relations. Local lore as a component of humanitarian education
contributes to the activation of the creative potential of students, reveals their diverse opportunities, creates
conditions for personal and public interests, and cultivates civic competencies.
The authors of the article made an attempt to summarize the existing experience of domestic local lore
studies, to analyze the main directions of research and methods of their study, as well as to reveal theoretical
questions about the subject, object and tasks of local lore. The article analyzes the functions and essence of
local lore in the modern period of development of Ukrainian society and describes the main directions of
local lore research. Emphasis is placed on the educational and consolidating function of local lore in the
process of unification of the Ukrainian nation as a result of military aggression from the Russian Federation.
Local lore research is transformed from a methodological approach into a general pedagogical principle
and creates a basis for the formation of deep professional knowledge and historical thinking, contributing to the
creative understanding of the experience gained by local historians from different regions of Ukraine.
The use of local lore material in the teaching of humanities and the practical application of acquired
knowledge about the native land provide ample opportunities to increase the interest of students in the
cultural and historical heritage of the Ukrainian people, to activate creative potential, worldview and national
dignity of the youth.