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The 50-Year-Long Evolution of Russian Schools

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The First International Open Innovations Forum ended in Moscow on November 2. Its roundtables and discussions focused on new technologies, innovations, and school computerization. RIA Novosti offers a look at what was taught to schoolchildren – and how it was taught - over the last 50 years.

The First International Open Innovations Forum ended in Moscow on November 2. Its roundtables and discussions focused on new technologies, innovations, and school computerization. RIA Novosti offers a look at what was taught to schoolchildren – and how it was taught - over the last 50 years.

© RIA Novosti . Anton Unitsyn / Go to the mediabankThe First International Open Innovations Forum ended in Moscow on November 2. Its roundtables and discussions focused on new technologies, innovations, and school computerization. RIA Novosti offers a look at what was taught to schoolchildren – and how it was taught - over the last 50 years.
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The First International Open Innovations Forum ended in Moscow on November 2. Its roundtables and discussions focused on new technologies, innovations, and school computerization. RIA Novosti offers a look at what was taught to schoolchildren – and how it was taught - over the last 50 years.
© RIA Novosti . Chernyshev / Go to the mediabankThese cards helped pupils learn Hindi at Moscow Boarding School No. 19 in 1965.
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These cards helped pupils learn Hindi at Moscow Boarding School No. 19 in 1965.
© RIA Novosti . Valentin Cherendintsyn / Go to the mediabankLena Gagarina, the daughter of the world’s first man in space, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, started school in 1966. Like all Soviet first-graders, she used an abacus in math class.
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Lena Gagarina, the daughter of the world’s first man in space, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, started school in 1966. Like all Soviet first-graders, she used an abacus in math class.
© RIA Novosti . Alexandr Lyskin / Go to the mediabankEvery first-grader had to know how to work with Cuisenaire rods.
Photo: Zhavoronok Kindergarten, October 1977.
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Every first-grader had to know how to work with Cuisenaire rods.
Photo: Zhavoronok Kindergarten, October 1977.
© RIA Novosti . Mironets / Go to the mediabankOnly advanced schools had special rooms for teaching foreign languages in the early 1980s. One of these was Palmiro Togliatti Specialized Secondary School No. 318 in Leningrad.
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Only advanced schools had special rooms for teaching foreign languages in the early 1980s. One of these was Palmiro Togliatti Specialized Secondary School No. 318 in Leningrad.
© RIA Novosti . V.Kiselev / Go to the mediabankA mere 30 years ago, far from every high-school student knew what computer science was all about. Those who did had to use hardware that could only be called “antediluvian” today.
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A mere 30 years ago, far from every high-school student knew what computer science was all about. Those who did had to use hardware that could only be called “antediluvian” today.
© RIA Novosti . Roman Denisov / Go to the mediabankBut new technologies kept creeping into the school life. This is Cheburashka, an electronic calculator for first-graders in the 1980s.
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But new technologies kept creeping into the school life. This is Cheburashka, an electronic calculator for first-graders in the 1980s.
© RIA Novosti . Alexandr Kondratyuk / Go to the mediabankNowadays, computers and notebooks are as commonplace as the abacus was 50 years ago.
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Nowadays, computers and notebooks are as commonplace as the abacus was 50 years ago.
© RIA Novosti . Mikhail Fomichev / Go to the mediabankWeb cameras brought online teaching in their wake.
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Web cameras brought online teaching in their wake.
© RIA Novosti . Igor Zarembo / Go to the mediabankComputer classes were eventually introduced during the first school year.
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Computer classes were eventually introduced during the first school year.
© RIA Novosti . Igor Zarembo / Go to the mediabankMany children (those whose parents can afford it) now wield iPads.
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Many children (those whose parents can afford it) now wield iPads.
© RIA Novosti . Kirill Braga / Go to the mediabankToday’s schoolchildren also use remote control units to solve problems.
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Today’s schoolchildren also use remote control units to solve problems.
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