Best Practices in Implementing the Course “Fundamentals of Russian Statehood” (Based on Materials from University Websites)

The article presents an overview of the best practices in implementing the course “Fundamentals of Russian Statehood”, introduced into the educational process of universities since September 2023. The experience of implementing the course in Russian universities demonstrates a variety of methods, technologies and specific practices in teaching the discipline. At the same time, it is considered that the course has an ideological character, raises the most important elements of value issues and is aimed at forming patriotic attitudes of student youth, their involvement in the current socio-political agenda. Based on the university information websites, the most successful educational practices used in organizing classroom and extracurricular work with students as part of the course are highlighted. The effects of the given educational formats are substantiated considering the results of specialized surveys of students who have completed the course. The authors emphasize the importance of interactive and proactive forms of teaching aimed at forming students’ sustainable interest in the course content, as well as motivating students to specific activities directly in the course of mastering the academic discipline.

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