ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION OF JUNIOR SCHOOLCHILDREN THROUGH PROJECT ACTIVITIES

Abstract

The article examines the essence of environmental education, its wide distribution in the educational system of the whole world. The interrelation of environmental education with the priority policy of the UN and various states is determined. Attention is focused on the influence of external factors in the formation of the educational process in general education organizations. The specifics of educational work of ecological orientation as a component of the educational process in primary grades are determined. Approaches to the implementation of project activities of an ecological nature with the participation of younger schoolchildren are given. Using certain examples of environmental educational projects, the ways of improving the desired competencies by younger schoolchildren are revealed. The expediency of attracting the resources and capabilities of a leading university for the development of a methodological guide for the implementation of environmental school projects within a single system is determined by the example of the Kadyrov State Pedagogical University. The expediency of the indicated approach for instilling a conscious attitude of younger schoolchildren within the framework of project activities to the environment and natural resources of their native land is argued. Attention is focused on the transformation of the concept of educational work within the framework of the implementation of an environmentally oriented project by the efforts of younger schoolchildren. The expected approach on the part of the teacher is given, both for project activities and for educational work in relation to younger schoolchildren.