The article shows modern aspects of teaching the theory and history of culture in technical universities. The questions of dialog "teacher-violet", formation of new in-formation space and continuity of values are considered. The concept of "culture-digma" is introduced and classification of culture-digmas in the educational process is given. The cultural digma is a characteristic of mentality, including the attitude to culture as a whole, the chosen system of cultural values and the ability to cultural interaction. There are differentiated "traditional/common", "romantic/individualistic" and "indifferent/civilization" culturantigmas. The educational model and type of communication with students of each cultural group are presented.
