INDEPENDENT WORK OF STUDENTS IN PREPARATION FOR A PRACTICAL LESSON IN HISTORY

Abstract

The article reveals the content and specifics of organizing the independent work of first-year college students, analyzes problems that significantly complicate their extracurricular preparation for practical history classes. A review of the scientific literature is conducted and the content of the activities of history teachers at the stages of planning and organizing students’ independent work is revealed. Special emphasis is placed on the description of those types and forms of independent extracurricular work that ensure their high-quality preparation for practical history classes. Conclusions are presented on the need for purposeful systematic pedagogical work to help students master the skills of independent extracurricular work in preparation for practical history classes, which includes a methodology for studying the problems and difficulties of first-year students in preparation for practical classes and the teacher’s help in solving them. Recommendations and suggestions proposed in the article may be useful for teachers of history and other general education disciplines to provide qualified assistance to first-year students of the secondary vocational education system to solve their problems and difficulties in the process of independent work.