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History teaching in the 21. century

History teaching in the 21. century. A Russian view. Main ideas. National challenges to Russia and their impact on education Major challenges to Russian education and a history teacher and possible responses I have a dream… Ideals of history teaching in the 21. century.

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History teaching in the 21. century

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  1. History teaching in the 21. century A Russian view

  2. Main ideas • National challenges to Russia and their impact on education • Major challenges to Russian education and a history teacher and possible responses • I have a dream… Ideals of history teaching in the 21. century

  3. National challenges to Russia and their impact on education 1. Intensification of global competition Impact on education Development from early childhood Special attention to talented children as well as children with special needs Continuous education Rise of teachers’ salaries • How the country develops human potential (human capital)too • Human capital becomes the main factor of economic development

  4. National challenges to Russia and their impact on education 2. New wave of technological changes Impact on education Innovations in different fields become a core of education Balance of academic knowledge and practical competence • Innovations diminish influence of traditional factors of growth

  5. National challenges to Russia and their impact on education 3. Depletion of present economic model Impact on education Innovations Raising creative, hardworking, active and socially responsible patriots • Depletion in Russia of the economic model based on export of natural resources and cheaper production for home market only

  6. National challenges to Russia and their impact on education 4. Development of new civil identity Impact on education Upbringing is the core for all educational activities Patriotism, responsibility, solidarity Tolerance to other cultures • New civil identity is nationally based patriotism, which combines with or supersedes ethnic nationalism • It is the key for keeping the country of 180 ethnic groups together

  7. Major challenges to Russian education and history teaching 1. Conservative thinking about educational reforms Impact on history teaching Think of social impact of educational changes Popularize them • Russians value education highly. Any educational reforms they consider as an attempt to limit free education

  8. Major challenges to Russian education and history teaching 2. Education is not monopoly Impact on history teaching The school has to become a coordinator of education (family, museums, internet, etc.) • The loss of monopoly of formal education to raise and socialize the coming generation

  9. Major challenges to Russian education and history teaching 3. Post-modernist thinking Impact on history teaching Historic experience is not just a discourse, talking It is also values behind the texts, significance behind narratives, heritage behind ruins • History is only texts, narratives • There is no way to learn what the history was in reality

  10. I have a dream… Ideals of history teaching • Teachers’ training is popular and different • Proud in the country, • Able to lead a discussion, • Understands different approaches to teaching, • Professionally skillful and knowledgeable, • Flexible, • Eager to self-educate themselves.

  11. I have a dream… Ideals of history teaching • Teachers compete for a job at school due to high salary, social benefits and prestige.

  12. I have a dream… Ideals of history teaching • Three sets of study environment • info-lectures (individual chairs with pre-installed comps), • source and evidence based `discussions (round tables) • individual research environment in the afternoon (media-library).

  13. I have a dream… Ideals of history teaching • All materials are preinstalled on personal I-pads and e-books • Teachers and children have sent there their working materials.

  14. I have a dream… Ideals of history teaching Teaching materials • Short-unit e-textbooks • Large sets of activity e-tools • source and evidence sets, • problem solving sets, • project and research database, • short and full videos, • database of heritage and contemporary issues relating to different historic events, • exam-preparation sets.

  15. I have a dream… Ideals of history teaching All teaching materials are checked by • a board of scientists, • professional teachers’ society • public organizations. Criteria for selection • problem approach • non-biased multi-perspective view • corresponding to the age of students and answering their present day needs.

  16. I have a dream… Ideals of history teaching • Each large topic (module) has: • at least 30 individual ways of study combining study of issues, discussing problems, researching cases. • Each module has to have goals which are open, clear, challenging and motivating for students.

  17. I have a dream… Ideals of history teaching The goals must combine working with • values, • general skills and • special historic skills

  18. I have a dream… Ideals of history teaching • Cases, projects, dialogues, discussions, role games and plays are indispensable part of the curriculum.

  19. I have a dream… Ideals of history teaching Field trips and tours • either to visit a unique site (work of art, architecture site, historic place, archive or library) • or it is a way of getting new personal experience of doing something • E-working “sheets”

  20. I have a dream… Ideals of history teaching Assessment of students • Basic level of federal (national) exam • Levels of study the subject in depth and • Personal achievements. • Each of the parts of the assessment has its own share.

  21. I have a dream… Ideals of history teaching • Upbringing, skills or knowledge? • In Russia moral lessons and history ideals are considered to be more important • The way to ideals is not an ideology, but a dialogue

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