FACTORS OF DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNOLOGICAL COMPETENCE IN SCHOOL CHILDREN

Abstract

The article examines the main factors of forming technological competence of pupils at the modern stage of Russian school and society development. The article reveals the significance of the corresponding competence as one of the meta-subject results of mastering the basic general education program. In addition, attention is paid to its main components, as well as to the pedagogical conditions, which are necessary for their development in the process of both extracurricular activities, primarily within the subject of “Technology” (Workshops). In addition, some attention is paid to the metamorphoses of the teacher’s role in the process of developing appropriate competence. This factor in the formation of the students’ technological competence is considered in connection with the age characteristics of fifth-grade students who are just beginning to study “Technology” as a subject.