Vilniaus pedagoginio universiteto visuotinės istorijos katedros dėstytojai kaip pedagogai (1944-1955 m.)

LTStraipsnyje nagrinėjama VPU Visuotinės istorijos katedros dėstytojų pedagoginė veikla pirmajame pokario metų dešimtmetyje – nuo tuometinio Vilniaus pedagoginio instituto (dabar – universiteto) atkūrimo ir Visuotinės istorijos katedros įsteigimo iki šios katedros sujungimo su SSRS tautų istorijos katedra 1955 metais. Remiantis spausdinta medžiaga, VPU archyvo (VPUA), Lietuvos centrinio valstybės archyvo (LCVA) ir Lietuvos ypatingojo archyvo (LYA) dokumentais, periodine spauda, amžininkų atsiminimais ir kitais šaltiniais, analizuojamas Visuotinės istorijos katedros dėstytojų Broniaus Dundulio, Broniaus Untulio, Vinco Martinkėno, Abelio Stražo, Mikalojaus Kondrato, Annos Aleksandrovos, Genės Gustaitės, Juozo Galvydžio, Roko Varakausko, Aleksejaus Gervalio, Leono Burlingio ir kitų išsilavinimas, visuomeninė veikla, bet pagrindinis dėmesys skiriamas jų pedagoginei patirčiai bei pedagoginiam meistriškumui, atskleidžiama politinio režimo įtaka pedagoginei veiklai bei jų, kaip asmenybių, likimui. [Iš leidinio]Reikšminiai žodžiai: Dėstytojai; Dėstytojas; Katedra; Pedagogas; Pedagoginis universitetas; Vilniaus Pedagoginis Institutas; Vilnius; Visuotinė istorija; Visuotinės istorijos katedra; Department; Educator; General history; Lecturer; Lecturers; Pedagogical university, general history department; Teacher; Vilnius; Vilnius Pedagogical Institute.

ENAleksiejus Gervalis and Vasilijus Bondarenko had graduated from Soviet-type higher educational institutions in Russia and defended theses for a Candidate's (now – Doctor's) degree in History. Though many lecturers had neither academic titles nor degrees they were nonetheless distinguished for their fine internal culture and general education and were good experts of the subjects they taught. Politicization and ideologisation of the entire life of the Institute, and Stalin's repressions interfered with their pedagogical activities. As a result of Stalin's repressions five lecturers of the Department (Prof. Bronius Untulis, Doc. Vincas Martinkėnas, Senior lecturer Mikolas Kondratas, lecturers Genė Gustaitė and Leonas Burlingis) were dismissed from the work or were compelled to vacate their positions at this Department. Such was the reality of political life of that period at the General History Department, the Faculty and the Institute (now -University) as a whole.The General History Department of the Vilnius Pedagogical University (formerly – Institute) was founded in autumn of 1944 and functioned until autumn of 1955. During the eleven years of the activities thereof 20 lecturers have worked with the Department for various periods. Members of the Department employed for the longest period include Senior lecturer Anna Aleksandrovą (40 years), Docent Rokas Varakauskas (23 years) and Prof. Abelis Stražas (20 years). Prof. Bronius Untulis came to this Department with a pedagogical work record of 29 years, Docent Juozas Galvydis–25 years, Senior lecturer, Candidate (now – Doctor) of History Aleksiejus Gervalis–23 years, Senior lecturer Stefanija Petrauskaitė–21 years, and Docent Vincas Martinkėnas – 19 years work record. Five lecturers (Bronius Dundulis, Bronius Untulis, Juozas Galvydis, Aleksiejus Gervalis and Vasilijus Bondarenko) had academic titles and degrees at that time. Later Abelis Stražas defended a thesis for a Candidate's (now – Doctor's) degree in History and he also defended a thesis for a Doctor of History (now – Habilitated Doctor's) degree. Prof. Bronius Untulis had graduated from the Imperial University of Saint Vladimir in Kiev 33 years before the time when he started working at this Department; Dr. Bronius Dundulis had graduated from the Sorbonne University in Paris and defended there a thesis for a Doctor's degree in History four years earlier. Docent Vincas Martinkėnas had finished the Vilnius Steponas Batoras University eight years earlier. [From the publication]

• Edukologija / Education
• Istorija / History