Education based on traditional folk culture

The article examines the problems of ethnopedagogy and its development in the context of the activities of a group of scientists from the Russian Academy of Education, the founders of this direction G.N. Volkov, V.M. Korotov, A.L. Bugayeva. They formulated the «golden rule» of ethnopedagogy: «Without historical memory - there are no traditions, without traditions - no education, without education - no spirituality, without spirituality - no personality, without personality - no people as a historical personality.» They created experimental schools, on the basis of which studies were conducted on the traditional culture of education, folk pedagogical culture that determines the fate of any people. The participation of Professor A.L. Bugayeva in the development of the concept of the «Renaissance» program in Samara made it possible to prove the effectiveness of introducing an additional component into the curricula and extracurricular activities, combining generally civilized and ethnocultural traditions, which made it possible to solve difficult problems in the 90s to update the educational system. The author of the article proves that historical events, information about which is preserved in the people’s memory, are an effective means of educational influence