Practical Issues of Fostering National Identity in a Distance learning Course on the Example of the Course «Information Technologies in Physical Culture and Sports»

Abstract

At the present time, all over the world, including in Russia, the question of fostering national identity, knowledge and respect for one’s national history, understanding and real assessment of current social events is quite acutely raised. In our article “Fostering national identity in the educational process with the use of distance education technologies in the field of physical culture and sports”, the problem of this issue was identified. The purpose of the article is to experimentally test certain issues of targeted influence on students’ awareness of belonging to Russian culture, instilling pride in the achievements of their compatriots, both for historical events and for real achievements in the field of information technology. Research methodology and methods. Standard methodologies were used in this work for the study of social processes based mainly on modeling various social situations, both in historical terms and at the present time. Research methods: analysis of literary sources, survey, testing, mathematical methods of processing research data. To implement the task, a distance course was used in the discipline “Information technologies in physical culture and sports”. On its basis, special training tasks and a control system were developed. Conclusion. On the basis of the study, conclusions were drawn regarding the optimization of the educational process and recommendations for the practical implementation of issues of fostering national identity in higher education.