SCHOOL LOCAL REGION STUDIES AS ONE OF THE FACTORS OF THE PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT (FROM TEACHERS’ EXPERIENCE OF 1960- 1980)

Abstract

The article aims to describe and critically evaluate a number of aspects of the theory and practice of school local lore studies of the 60s and 80s of the last century in the Soviet Union, which have not lost their value and now can be successfully applied in the present-day school of Russia. This period is characterized by its own specifics and marks historically a transition from the “Khrushchev’s Thaw” to Perestroika, which began in the late eighties of the twentieth century. The article shows that the goals of education and upbringing of the younger generation are achieved more effectively in the integration of local history knowledge into educational and extracurricular processes. Local region studies activity defines the emotional-value matrix of relationship to the native place, develops intellectual-cognitive and creative abilities, mobilizes the development of a sense of citizenship, fosters patriotism, opens access to the socialization of the individual and stimulates the formation of national identity. In this regard, the coverage of the history of school local lore studies from the early sixties to the end of the eighties of the last century and the creative understanding of its characteristics obtains special theoretical and practical significance.