DOI: 
http://dx.doi.org/10.15293/1813-4718.2505.11
UDC: 
373(091)+94(47)’’18/20’’
Kationova Anna О.
Кандидат педагогических наук, Assoc. Prof. of the Department of Pedagogy and Psychology of the Institute of History, Humanities and Social Education, Novosibirsk State Pedagogical University, katiosha@mail.ru, Novosibirsk

“Female tutorsˮ in Women’s Educational Institutions in Pre-Revolutionary Russia

Abstract: 
The article actualizes the contradiction about the identity of female tutors, mentors, supervisors and educators of women’s institutions, which contributed not only to the ease in the practice of using these names as synonyms, but also to the actual historical error, which led to the confusion of the meaning of the activities of the mentioned subjects in the system of women’s education in the Russian Empire. This contribution is quite widespread in the historical and pedagogical literature. The purpose of this article is to clarify the use of the term “female tutorˮ in the context of the development of women’s education in pre-revolutionary Russia and to restore the historical semantics of this specific teaching position. The use of historical and pedagogical reconstruction of the term “female tutorˮ allows us to present the transformation of this pedagogical term through the analysis of its origin, changes, and meaning in the historical context. In turn, the application of historical-systematic and typological analysis has contributed to the clarification of the conceptual framework under study. The comparative analysis allowed us to collate the names of various specific pedagogical positions in women’s educational institutions of the Russian Empire in the late 18th and early 20th centuries, demonstrating both similarities as a result of their common ancestry and specific features determined by the goals of the educational institution. It is concluded that the concept of “female tutorˮ can be conditionally accepted as a historical and pedagogical stereotype that is familiar to the public consciousness, implying a general pedagogical position in women’s educational institutions in pre-revolutionary Russia. Formally, a female tutor is a special pedagogical position that was included into the staff of closed women’s institutions in the Russian Empire in the late 18th and early 20th centuries, with a wide range of organizational, household, and educational obligations
Keywords: 
female education; mentor; matron; female tutor; closed women’s institutions; women’s educational institutions
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