Child-angel vs. child-hero: on anthropology of pedagogy

Abstract

The article focuses on the Soviet educational technologies presenting them in a broader context of pedagogy, as a direct result of the utopian concept of childhood. It undertakes a juxtaposition of the Boy Scout and Young Pioneer movements. Innovations of the conceptual structures of childhood are presented through the plot and imagery of literary fiction.   Keywords: educational technologies, children’s organizations, Soviet concept of childhood, children’s literature, Lev Kassil’