Instructional Strategies of First Omsk Students

Abstract

This article reconstructs the educational strategies of the first students of the Omsk agricultural Institute, built in the conditions of the Civil war. The author concludes that the 1918-1921 intake students can be considered as one generation with common socio-cultural orientations, which included, in particular, the desire for education. As a result of difficult material and living conditions, the first students’ learning strategies take the form of survival strategies. Under these conditions, students chose two options: either temporarily discontinue their studies and overcome life difficulties together with their close and distant relatives; or to mobilize efforts to complete their education as soon as possible.