Keyword: «collectivist education»

Anton Semenovich Makarenko determined in many respects the direction of pedagogical thought development both in the USSR and influenced the pedagogy of other countries. His works are devoted to labor education in a team, the organization of labor and aesthetic education and the development of conscious discipline. Despite the fact that his work dates back to the past century, his ideas still resonate with modern educators in different countries and remain relevant in modern realities, where the economic success of a country is directly related to the quality of education. One of the countries which economic success has attracted everyone's attention is Japan. The purpose of this article is to examine what contribution the works of A.S. Makarenko made to the formation of the idea of pedagogical relations in Japanese schools. The leading approaches to the study of this topic were historiographic, comparative pedagogical, retrospective ones, analysis, generalization, etc. The author analyzes how Makarenko's ideas could come to the pedagogical world of Japan and makes a review of some works of Japanese scholars devoted to their study. The dynamics and reasons for the popularity of Makarenko's ideas among Japanese educators are considered, and examples of those methods that were brought into Japanese reality are given. A.S. Makarenko can be called one of the pioneers in the development of a conscious approach to the process of pedagogical interaction. Information about his work came to Japan mainly from East Germany in the post-war period on the wave of democratization, which probably served as one of the reasons for Japan's successful overcoming the post-war crisis and further economic prosperity. The theoretical significance of the article lies in the importance of studying the phenomenon of pedagogical interaction itself, the quality of which, in turn, is directly related to the level of knowledge and skills acquisition by students. Besides, there is a need to update the universal methods in pedagogy formulated by A.S. Makarenko based on his unique experience. The practical significance of the article is due to the need to expand pedagogical interaction in educational organizations in order to improve the quality of education.