Digital technologies in the process of studying regional studies in the framework of secondary general education: problems, practice, prospects (on the example of studying the Samara Region)

Due to the fact that the formation of an information society poses new challenges to pedagogy, the main trend of modern Russian education is a combination of traditional teaching methods and innovations. In this article, taking into account the accumulated experience in pedagogical science, the problems and features of the use of digital technologies in the educational process of studying regional studies of the Samara Region of secondary general education are considered. Based on the conducted pedagogical experiment, a sociological survey and their own experience, the authors reveal the advantages and possible disadvantages of using digital technologies such as information and communication map and 3D-modeling in regional studies lessons. The development and testing of scientific and methodological support of regional history in the educational process, taking into account the use of digital technologies, includes the following aspects: theoretical description of the digital technologies; the possibility of introducing regional studies into the educational process; description of a pedagogical experiment that showed an improvement in the quality of knowledge, the development of personal qualities and the formation of necessary competencies among students. The results of this study may be of practical interest for teachers of secondary schools and for students of pedagogical universities.