Abstract

The article is devoted to the aspects of hermeneutics as a possible basis of education process. Significant attention is given to the analysis of hermeneutics value as a philosophical and pedagogical methodology. In this article the author examines the education as a primary element of social relations and as a way of mastering of the culture and tradition. Also, the article explores the role of education in person’s improving, his evolution, as a result in social progress. The main attention is paid to the aspects of hermeneutic experiences such as understanding, interpretation, dialogue and their relations with education process. The fields of tradition, history and culture are represented as the texts, which are open to their interpretation and meaning creation. This interpretation consists of choice and use of a personal way of the meaning of the construction that represents an inexhaustible limit of interpretive strategies; the hermeneutic truth depends on the position of the interpreter and not just on the objective reality. Through the classical hermeneutics by H.-G. Hadamer understanding is considered not only as a purpose of knowledge, but as the way of human’s existence in the world. The paper examines that understanding has the dialogical nature, hence through the understanding of outward things the person may understand himself. Interpersonal communication is recognized as significant part of personal foundation and culture formation. The author suggests modernizing the content and management of pedagogical process by using hermeneutic methods in teaching and in a dialogue between student and teacher. It defines preconditions of mutual understanding of the origin and regards the importance of mutual understanding of productive dialogue as the knowledge transfer process. The paper describes the principles and methods of hermeneutics in its application to pedagogical process. The purpose of the study is to identify and describe the main pedagogical aspects of hermeneutics in the light of its relationship with the education process.