Lithuanian nation's traditions in activity of daractors in formation the value system of young generation

Šiame straipsnyje XIX a, pabaigos - XX a. pradžios pedagogija aiškiai apibūdinama kaip mūsų tautos (valstiečių) ugdomosios patirties perdavimas iš kartos į kartą, dorovinių žinių šaltinis bei mūsų visuomenės dvasinės vertybės. Buvo siekiama atskleisti tautos tradicijų, daraktorių (rašytojų ir kitų inteligentų) edukacinėje veikloje svarba, formuojant jaunosios kartos vertybių sistemą. Iš daraktorių rašytojų S. Kušeliausko M. Valančiaus, Žemaitės eduakacinės veiklos pavyzdžio šiandien pedagoginio profilio aukštųjų mokyklų studentai gali semtis savigarbos, išminties.The pedagogy of the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century is clearly defined in this article as transfer of our nation (peasants') educational experience from generation to generation, as the source of moral knowledge and the spiritual values of our society. We aimed at revealing indications of national traditions in the educational activity of "daractors" (writers and other representatives of intelligentsia), their influence on the national Lithuanian education system in the aforesaid époque. [...] The contents of training provided by "daractors" was rather broad: reading and writing in Lithuanian, counting, geography, history, handicrafts, religion, chanting, singing, dancing folk dances in barns, performing in barn theatres. [...] The distinguishing feature of writers and "daractors" was that they not only taught children many subjects in Lithuanian at a secret school but also showed this teaching in their fiction writings, they wrote plays for barn theatres and prepared text-books. The theoretical and practical novelty of the "daractors" pedagogical heritage research could be defined as revelation of the educational influence of the "daractors" [...] is so important for perfection of the present-day Lithuanian education system. The personalities of "daractors" and writers had an especially important effect on development of the pedagogical thought in Lithuania. [...] The educational activity of the "daractors" can be considered as a natural model for formation and perfection of the present-day educational policy and training teachers