REGIONAL ASPECTS OF TEACHING HISTORY IN CONTEXT OF HISTORICAL POLICY OF THE STATE

Abstract

The article attempts to analyze the international and Russian practice of teaching history with an emphasis on the developed theories and concepts, including the ones in the field of methods of teaching history. The author dwells on the historical policy of the state, within the framework of which educational standards are developed and approved, as well as recommendations for writing history textbooks and teaching history (at all levels of the education system). In the second part of the article, the author gives an example of the opposition of two practices and peculiarities of teaching history: one direction is focused on Western European standards (Republic of Moldova), the other – on the Federal state educational standards of the Russian Federation (Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic).