Regional cluster workshop “Introducing the local history component in the educational process of a modern school as part of Rukhani Zhangyru Program”

On February 13, 2020, Regional Cluster Workshop “Introducing the local history component in the educational process of a modern school as part of Rukhani Zhangyru Program” was held by Shygys Regional Center of Education Administration of East Kazakhstan region jointly with the Methodical Study of Education Department of Ust-Kamenogorsk city on the basis of M. Auezov Secondary School No. 17 of Akimat of Ust-Kamenogorsk city.

The purpose of the workshop is to summarize the experience of teachers in introducing the local history component in the educational process of a modern school as part of the Conceptual Foundations of Education in the context of the implementation of the Program for the Modernization of Public Consciousness “Rukhani Zhangyru”.

The workshop was attended by 32 vice-principals for educational work and librarians.

During the plenary session, the Vice-Principal for Educational Work of Secondary School No. 17 G. Abdrakhmanova showed the system of work of the school on the study of local lore by school kids in the light of solving the problems of the Conceptual Foundations of Education in the context of the implementation of the state program “Rukhani Zhangyru”; Sabyrbayeva B.S., the Head of Public Sector of the Regional Local History Museum of Culture, Archives and Documentation Administration of East Kazakhstan region presented a report on the topic “Local history as a form of patriotic education”. 

In the practical part of the workshop, teachers of Secondary School No. 17 held master classes on “Literary local history in extracurricular activities on the subject”, “From experience in organizing the activities of the unit “Young traffic inspector”, “The role of the library in implementing the local history education”, “Fostering spiritual and moral values ​​via local history at self-knowledge classes”, “The role of local history in fostering  Kazakhstan patriotism of school kids in classes and in extracurricular activities”, “School website as a means of realizing local history education”, “From experience in organizing the search activities of teachers in local history” and held a sports festival with the local component “Lively  Starts” and the local history quest “Experts of Native Land”, during which they shared their experience in developing the Kazakhstan patriotism and national identity through school local history.

Following the seminar, school kids jointly with representatives of the public association “Afghanistan Veterans’ Council” held a concert “Afghan Song Festival”.

Following the results of the workshop, participants were given recommendations on the development of a model of training and education using the local history component.