Conceptual impasse in the development of modern Russian education and possible ways out

Abstract

The article analyzes the problems currently existing in the system of Russian education, the reasons for their occurrence and possible ways out of this situation. The author examines the foreign and Soviet experience in reforming the educational system, paying particular attention to the value and ideological orientations that have become the basis for the educational systems of different countries. Turning to the peculiarities of forming the Soviet system of education and upbringing, the author expresses the opinion about the need for a detailed study of the Soviet experience in the upbringing and training of the «new man», which can be used in modern Russia at the moment. Analyzing the influence of the concept of the “general idea” on the Russian educational system, the author concludes that it is vitally necessary to use it in the process of reforming the domestic educational system.