Socio-cultural approach to the development of education in rural areas

The main objective of the article is to reveal alternatives and opportunities for changing the situation within the framework of the development of education in rural areas. The article reveals a modern approach to solving the problem of the development of education in rural areas and the use of education as a tool for the development of the territories themselves. Different types of education and related phenomena and artifacts are highlighted. A comparative analysis of the use of technocratic and socio-cultural approaches is carried out. The article reveals the main characteristics and technologies of the socio-cultural approach to education. Technologies that allow not only to diagnose typical situations in which educational institutions in rural areas are located, but also to develop and implement the most appropriate variable strategies of educational activities and models of their development. The methodological foundations, content, tools and mechanisms of the socio-cultural approach to the development of education in rural areas are considered in more detail. The basic humanitarian technologies that make up the tools of the sociocultural approach to education in rural areas and settlements are revealed. Themechanisms of using education as a tool for solving the life problems of local communities are considered on the example of various types of socio-cultural educational projects. The socio-cultural approach has led to the interpenetration and development of different types and types of education, strengthening its influence on the socio-economic and cultural development of communities. The article describes in detail the experience and results of the implementation of the program of socio-cultural modernization of education in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). An assessment of the risks of implementing socio-cultural modernization of the education system, prospects and opportunities for its promotion in Russia is given.