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Reading Comprehension Exercises

1. Answer the questions.
   1. Where and when was the Great Russian teacher K.D. Ushinsky born?
   2. When was his contribution to Russian education?
   3. When was he enrolled in Moscow University?
   4. Where was he appointed Professor of Jurisprudence?
   5. Speak about Ushinsky’s educational views.
   6. Why did Ushinsky’s name become popularly known throughout Russia?
   7. What is the basic principle of his pedagogical system?
   8. What should education devote itself to according to Ushinsky?
   9. Speak about Ushinsky’s interest in foreign educational systems?
   10. What did he devote his energies to after coming back to Russia from abroad?
2. Ask your fellow-students the questions to find out:
   1. If he would like to be an outstanding pedagogue?
   2. What he would introduce in modern educational system?
   3. What subjects he is mainly interested in?
   4. What changes in the curriculum he would suggest?
   5. What he would recommend to his fellow-students and teachers?

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