Implementation of consecutive education model in the contemporary social-cultural environment (based on the experience of non-governmental institution «Neoacademy»)

The author analyses the implementation of consecutive education model based on the non-governmental institution «NEoAcademy» (St. Petersburg) teaching experience. The article focuses on the problem of gaining in social and losing in cultural orientation in modern educational institutionalization. Education is viewed upon as the mode of permanent comprehension and orientation in existence, world, culture, and shaping up human image commensurable with culture, where he/she recognizes him/herself as a part of culture. Humanization of education is claimed as an opportunity to solve modern problems of humankind; humanitarian paradigm of education is discussed; the key aspects of modern interpretation of education in line of paradigm «Culture as Education» are highlighted. These aspects are presented as demanding rethinking and actualization: conceptually different idea of education; paideia, hermeneutic, and humanitarian essence of education, existentialization of educational phenomena; transformation of teacher and learner image, change of mentorship and apprenticeship status, building up qualitatively new paideia educational space. Experimental model of lifelong learning is described as carried out in non-governmental NEoAcademy (St. Petersburg). The basic principles of NEoAcademy performance are rendered, such as building up new paideia cultural-educational space; self-identity formation, self actualization, self-projecting, subjectiveness and existentialization of education. The conclusion about the role and importance of informal educational practices and their social responsibility is made. The author estimates the development tendencies of educational patterns and emphasizes the essential tasks of humanitarian education.