The Russian education has been processing the reforming more than 20 years.Humanitarian and historical education takes the important place in the structure of educational activity of schools and universities, and it isn't occasional.Historical education takes the central place in humanitarian field of knowledge.In any times history was used for making the foundation of patriotism, forming active life position, civil mind, respectful attitude to the historical roots.However in modern conditions teaching history is connected with certain difficulties.Today's students are a new generation differs from the generation of their teachers.First of all in their values, in other methods of operating the information, perception of education and knowledge.Students don't feel traditional respect for the teacher a priori.They know many other opinions except teacher's.Students read not so much, using other sources of information than books from Mass Media.Students are under the press of influence of famous and media persons.Everyday students receive a huge number of media information.Students use mainly visual information.Students aren't capable to estimate critically obtained information.Students are pragmatic; they divide school subjects to "necessary" and "unnecessary" .
Alexandr Solovyev (Tue,) studied this question.