Pykhteeva E.V.
PRACTICE-ORIENTED APPROACH TO TEACHING POLITICAL SCIENCE AT UNIVERSITY ^{[№ 1 ' 2024]}
In the last two decades, political disciplines have become firmly established in the curricula of Russian universities in both specialized and non-core areas of student training. Political science is designed to promote the development of civic literacy, activity and responsibility of society. The teaching of political science in Russian universities is carried out in a traditional university format, which does not allow the educational potential of political disciplines to be fully used. Teaching political science through the organization of practice-oriented activities has the necessary potential for developing the basic competencies of qualified graduates of modern universities. The basis for the formation of political knowledge among students is following the basic principles of practice-oriented activity. These include general principles: the problem-oriented nature of political knowledge; modeling students’ independent creative activity; use of different techniques and work formats; focus on the use of original texts in the learning process; use of the latest achievements of political theory, practice and political science in the process of teaching political disciplines; detailed and in-depth analysis of each topic in the political science course. Both sections of political science: “history of political thought” and “modern political science” have specific principles for organizing the learning process. The classification of principles for organizing the educational process at a university in the discipline “Political Science” contains directions for organizing student learning from the perspective of a practice-oriented approach. It allows students to develop professional competencies focused on the modern requirements of employers and the level of development of the professional sphere of politics.