Historical education at the university: challenges and development prospects

Transbaikal State University, Faculty of History and Philology, Department of History, Chita, Russia

^* Corresponding author: rossav1@yandex.ru

Abstract

The article summarizes and systematizes information on the problems of implementation of historical education at universities of the Russian Federation at the present stage. The review is based on several source groups, namely, the federal regulatory framework, research and practice on the implementation of various pedagogical technologies in the educational process, and innovative forms of education, as well as the works of specialists – history teachers at universities and senior school. The article identifies the problems in the system of training of students majoring in history that need to be solved. This concerns the need for specialized educational and methodological literature on historical issues taking into account compliance with today’s requirements; creating an All-Russian community of history teachers to support and accompany them in the educational process; forming a specialized Internet resource with meaningful and constantly updated content in the field of historical science and education, etc. The article presents the intermediate results of testing various educational technologies (interactive, dialog-based, problem-based learning technologies, and project activity technologies) and the practices of implementing relevant educational publications of the Transbaikal State University in teaching the discipline “History of Russia”. It is emphasized that the introduction of new materials into scientific circulation and the subsequent presentation of the results of the implementation of modern educational technologies at Russian universities will allow further adjusting the development trajectory of Russian historical education.