V. V. Zenkovsky's "Pedagogical intuitions" and their role in evolvement of personality

The article explores the views of the philosopher and educator V. V. Zenkovsky on the spiritual natureof human and determines the importance of “pedagogical intuitions” in the process of evolvement of personal-ity and functioning of the orthodox school. V. V. Zenkovsky believes that the personality evolvement is goingthrough its interaction with God, as it has his image and likeness.the important role in the spiritual evolve-ment of a human belongs to “pedagogical intuitions”.it is the intuition of God or meaning of life that makesthe beginning of the whole spiritual life of a child, in which pedagogy conditionally allocates mental, moral,aesthetic and other spheres.the sense intuition in the world is the beginning and the driving force of the child’sreligious mind.therefore the main task of theorthodox school is to try to develop the bright child’s intuitionand to help it to form a stronger spiritual bond with God, and thus to awaken the human qualities such as kind-ness, love and mercy.the scientist denotes three directions of personal development: the identity developmentabilities based on language and speech; the attainment of good and evil in the world and themselves; the devel-opment of a sense of people’s and humanity’s salvation and Christ’s resurrection in each human. So is formeda harmonious personality and are overcome its contradictions and specialized functionality.in the opinion ofV. V. Zenkovsky, theorthodox school can not only fully operate, but also affect the spiritual transformation ofsociety, if it takes into account intuitions which are defined by this society.