Aleksandra A. Baldina

The article is devoted to the analysis of key systemic contradictions that hinder the implementation of the principles of lifelong learning in the modern Russian school. The author considers school as a launchpad for developing the "learning to learn" competence, which forms the basis for personal self-development in a rapidly changing world. The focus is on the gap between the declared need to teach how to learn and the real educational practice, which is oriented towards a knowledge-based paradigm and successful completion of final assessments. The article sequentially explores problems suc...