Learning and teaching support materials for training philology students in Ukrainian universities from 1850 to 1917

Abstract

The article deals with learning and teaching support materials for training philology students in Ukrainian universities from 1850 to 1917. The author researches main learning and teaching support materials such as syllabus, curriculums, exams requirements, lecture notes, textbooks and guides etc. It is noted that at that period each university created its kit of learning and teaching support material which must be approved by the faculty council. Due to the lack of unified learning and teaching support materials, professors and university lecturers had to prepare their syllabus, curriculums, lectures notes as well as to select the textbook and guides. This reason caused the different level of competence while training philology students as it was completely dependable on the academic staff qualification. The author makes a conclusion that the lack of unified learning and teaching support materials can have as the negative as the positive impact on training philology students in Ukrainian universities. On the one hand, the level of competence mostly depended on academic stuff qualification but, on the other hand, it gave some freedom in the selection of materials that can provide some better results in training philology students.