The Justice of Inequality, or Who Wins the Social Theory Olympiad and How

Abstract

Being members of the Central Subject-Specific Methodology Board for the Russian School Student Olympiad in Social Theory and members of the jury for its final round, we discuss the specific aspects of teaching social theory at school and preparing for the Unified State Examination and the Russian Olympiad in that subject. We examine different kinds and types of tasks offered in different rounds of the Olympiad, analyze their pitfalls and ultimate objectives, and discover the opportunities, prospects and challenges of applying the competency-based approach in preparing students for the Russian School Student Olympiad in Social Theory.

Keywords

• competencies
• the unified state examination (use)
• social theory
• competency-based approach
• russian school student olympiad
• commutative and distributive justice
• humanities and social theories
• quality assurance in education