VIKTOR SYNOV AND MODERN WORLD PSYCHO-PEDAGOGICAL SCIENCE AND PRACTICE

The article is devoted to a comprehensive understanding of the life and scientific and pedagogical path of the outstanding domestic scientist -Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor Viktor Synov, whose activities significantly influenced the development of special pedagogy, defectology, penitentiary pedagogy and legal psychology.The work traces the evolution of the scientist's scientific views in the context of social transformations and changes in humanistic guidelines in education and upbringing.Special attention is paid to the interdisciplinary nature of V. Synov's scientific research, which combined correctional and pedagogical, psychological and legal approaches to the problems of development, upbringing and resocialization of the individual.The contribution of the scientist to the formation of modern ideas about the socialization of individuals with psychophysical development features is highlighted, as well as the formation of penitentiary pedagogy as a humanistically oriented field of knowledge based on the ideas of pedagogy of cooperation, respect for human dignity and an optimistic forecast of personal changes.The article reveals the role of V. Synov as the founder of new scientific directions, in particular penitentiary defectology, the organizer of scientific schools and the mentor of numerous researchers in the fields of pedagogy, psychology and law.The significance of his ideas for reforming the system of special education, training law enforcement specialists and developing the