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EDUCATIONAL DEFINITIONS AND TERMS IN THE RUSSIAN DECREES OF THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY // Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2010. Issue 2 (92). P. 5-10

The article considers the peculiarities of the use of pedagogical definitions and terms in Russian Decrees of the first quarter of the 18th century. The quantitative and qualitative characteristics of definitions are stated according to the content analysis. The systematization of the selective aggregate of definitions is done on thematic classification. As a result the author determines such important specific aspects of educational definitions and terms in this particular field as polysemy, synonymy, their insignificant dependence on the context and the author’s interpretation and presents the development of Russian educational practice in the given period.

Keywords: definition, term, legislative acts and documents in the field of education, thematic classification, polysemy, synonymy