ORGANIZATION OF RESEARCH ACTIVITIES OF COLLEGE STUDENTS IN THE COURSE OF STUDYING GENERAL EDUCATION DISCIPLINES: FEATURES, PROBLEMS AND WAYS TO SOLVE THEM

Abstract

The article presents the experience of a department of general education disciplines in forming research skills among first-year students enrolled in secondary vocational education programs. As a research task, the paper establishes the understanding of the content of the category “research activity” that has developed in modern Russian historiography, the circumstances that influence its organization with first-year students of the vocational school, to demonstrate the content of educational research and research work with concrete examples. Systematization of theoretical and factual material is carried out, the analysis of the cathedral experience, the practice of other educational institutions on the organization of research activities was carried out. Based on the results of the work, the author’s vision of understanding the term research activity of students in relation to college freshmen is presented. The work identifies factors that influence its organization and a range of issues that need to be addressed for more effective use of research activities with junior students in the training of mid-level specialists.