(2020) Science and education, 1, 34-40. Odessa.

Viktoriia Vynohradova,
PhD (Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences), associate professor,
Head of Psychology and Pedagogy Department,
Taurida National University,
33, John McCain Str., Kyiv, Ukraine

THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL FACTORS ON THE FORMATION OF
I. I. MECHNYKOV’S PERSONALITY

The article deals with the influence of social factors on the development of I. I. Mechnikov’s personality. The implementation of historical and psychological analysis and social and valuable factors that influenced the formation of the scientist's views have a great importance for building an optimal sociocultural environment in which there is an effective development of abilities and genius of the child. Creating conditions for personal development is one of the priority contemporary challenge. The process of I. I. Mechnykov’s personality formation has been considered in the article. The main purpose of the article is to study the main social factors that influenced the development of I. I. Mechnykov’s personality in the process of growth. Theoretical and biographical methods have been used in the article. Attention has been paid to the factors of the social spectrum which could influence the formation of the outstanding scientist’s views. The Mechnykov family have been covered in social and historical conditions. The peculiarities of the educational system in the years of I. I. Mechnykov’s studies and its influence on the development of his personality have been researched. The influence of the academic staff on the formation of I. I. Mechnykov’s professional interests and views has been analysed. The interests of Illia Ilich which directly influenced the formation of the future scientist’s worldview have been also analysed. The factors that influenced the formation of I. I. Mechnykov’s worldview have been studied. It has been found out that the formation of I. I. Mechnykov’s personality was influenced significantly by his family, educational environment and development of the scientific sphere. The main factors that influenced the development of I. I. Mechnykov’s personality were identified as: a noble origin; higher education at the country’s leading university; the influence of prominent scientists who taught at the university; an active position in the educational process, a close interaction with teaching staff; an active participation in university research; the ability to choose one’s own trajectory and pace of learning independently.

 І. І. Mechnykov, personality, developing environment; social and political situation, worldview, society.

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