THE CONTRIBUTION OF ZAIRA ELDAROVA TO RUSSIAN TEACHING METHODOLOGY IN THE ETHNIC SCHOOL

Abstract

The authors of the paper describe the contribution to the Russian teaching methodology in the national school, made by Zaira Petrovna Eldarova (1925–2022), Candidate of Sciences (Pedagogy), associate professor, who worked in universities in different regions of the country for almost 70 years. Study materials and sources are recordings of the memoirs of Z.P. Eldarova herself and her children and colleagues, biographical details from reference books, bibliographic records of writings. Methods: method of analysis of scientific and methodological sources, generalization, search and descriptive methods. The methodologist’s biography is briefly described. The main educational, methodological and scientific works that contributed to the development of Russian teaching methodology in non-Russian schools since the middle of the 20th century are presented, and their practical significance is determined. The authors conclude about the prospects and importance of referring to the history of methodological science and the educationists’ learning and teaching heritage for the development of modern multicultural education in our country.