Digitalization of the educational process as a means of fostering historical thinking among school students in historical education

this article examines the issues of the formation of historical thinking in the context of the digitalization of school historical education. Digitalization is considered as a tool for effectively shaping students' historical thinking. The development of digital technologies opens up new opportunities for learning and improving the quality of education, as it opens up access to a large amount of information, but at the same time opens up new opportunities. Despite the ongoing discussions in society, the state's position on the use of digital resources in education is clearly marked – information technology tools should be actively used in the educational process, as evidenced by regulatory legal acts. The article presents methodological techniques, the application of which will contribute to the formation of students' historical thinking, using digital tools. Among such techniques: evaluating the text of online sources according to specified criteria; creating historical data graphs; creating presentations on behalf of a historical person. These methodological techniques allow the student to apply the methods of action necessary for the formation of historical thinking: to analyze historical data, extract the main and secondary information from the text, analyze, evaluate and interpret information, build causal relationships and formulate conclusions. The author puts forward a number of conditions that ensure the effective use of digital resources to achieve the planned result. These conditions include: a certain level of digital media ownership, compliance with the balance of cognitive load, and the use of reliable digital resources.

historical thinking, methods of teaching history, digitalization of education, historical education