COMPONENTS OF NATIONAL CULTURE IN PEDAGOGICAL HERITAGE AND ACTIVITY OF V. VERKHOVINETS

The article considers the components of national culture as theoretical foundations of pedagogical heritage and activities of the outstanding Ukrainian teacher, musicologist, ethnographer, choreographer, conductor and composerV. Verkhovynets. These include folklore, musical, choreographic and dramatic art. The essence of Ukrainian folklore as a form of social consciousness and its national peculiarities is revealed. The criteria of distribution of folklore to genres are given (by discharges, means of artistic expressiveness and the nature of their combination). Epic prose and song genres are described. The specifics of using animal tales by the teacher are revealed. The author analyzes artistic features of lyrical genres: songs (labor, charm, anthem, heroic, elegiac, humorous); musical-choreographic (domestic dance, plot dance), song and choreography (dance song, round dance, choral and play song). Dramatic genres (ceremonial games, folk games, folk drama) are described. The educational value of Ukrainian folklore, musical and choreographic art is revealed. The peculiarities of their application by V. Verkhovynets in work with student and student youth, with artistic theatrical, choral and choreographic groups are analyzed. The role of choral art in the educational process was identified and its  place in the work of the teacher was determined. The results of implementation national culture’s components in its theoretical activities (creation of scientific works "Ukrainian Wedding", "Theory of Ukrainian folk  dance", "Vesnyanychka") are highlighted.