PROJECT ACTIVITY IN GENERAL AND ADDITIONAL EDUCATION

Abstract

The article deals with the process of formation of research skills within the framework of practical realization of the project method in the educational process in relation to such levels of the educational system as general and additional education in the classes on mastering knowledge, skills and abilities in general and special disciplines. The specificity of project activity, acting as one of the pedagogical technologies used in teaching students in general and additional education as a tool that promotes the formation of research skills, which are mandatory for any student in the current realities of a competitive environment, is analyzed. The potential of applying the project method in the educational process in general and additional education from the point of view of forming research skills that determine the ability of children to create new concepts, cognize the surrounding reality by collecting, analyzing, and systematizing data about it is studied. The significance of project activity, which is one of the most effective tools used in general and supplementary education for the formation of research skills of students, is outlined.