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History and Social Science teachers to gather for nationwide congress

On 12–13 December, the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences will host the Second All-Russian Congress of History and Social Science Teachers. Moscow School 45 Principal, and one of the founders and members of the Council of the Educational Trust Foundation, Mikhail Shneyder will take part in the event.

The event has been organised by the Association of History and Social Science Teachers Russian NGO in conjunction with the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Institute of World History of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and the Russian State University for the Humanities.

The congress, which will bring together roughly 1000 people from 80 constituent regions of the Russian Federation – including school and university teachers, associates of research institutes, and graduate and postgraduate history students, will end a series of activities marking the Year of Russian History.

The congress is expected to address a broad range of issues related to new approaches in teaching history at school, the switchover to federal state educational standards, upgrading the professional skills of history teachers and the quality of history education, defining the social role of history teachers, as well as other issues.

The event's programme includes a plenary session and workshops. The congress will be attended by Sergei Naryshkin, Speaker of the State Duma and Chairman of the Russian Historical Society.

Based on materials of Science and Technology in Russia website, www.stfr.ru (http://www.strf.ru/material.aspx?CatalogId=221&d_no=50759).