DIFFERENTIATION OF EDUCATION IN PRIMARY SCHOOL IN UKRAINE DURING THE PERIOD OF DEMOCRATIC CHANGE IN EDUCATIONAL INDUSTRY (mid 80's – early 90's of XX century)

Abstract

. The article highlights the peculiarities of differentiation of education in primary school in Ukraine in the mid 80's – early 90's of XX century. It displays such forms of differentiation as external (realized through the functioning of various types of educational establishments to obtain basic education and organize different types of classes in the structure of general school depending on the readiness of children to school and their mental development) and internal (realized at class level); they were actual during the outlined period in line with the democratic changes in education at the national level.