PROJECT ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF ACTIVATING THE CREATIVE POTENTIAL OF PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN RUSSIAN LANGUAGE LESSONS

Abstract

At the present stage of development society is interested in independent individuals who are able to show initiative, approach the solution of the problem creatively, in an unconventional way, possessing the skills and abilities to set tasks for themselves and find ways to solve them. This means that there should be areas focused on the modernization of modern education. One of such areas is project activity, which is a condition for the most effective development of schoolchildren. Building classes in an innovative mode contributes not only to success in acquiring knowledge, but also helps to develop an abstract imagination in a child. The use of innovative methods allows to adapt the lesson to interests of each student, to make the development of new educational material more intensive and diverse. Thanks to the use of such methods, children’s activity is activated, students become actors in the educational process, situations are created in which the teacher is not the central figure, but only an observer. Project activity maximally activates the creative potential of students. Currently, teaching aids recommend many educational projects. The author focuses on practice-oriented, informational, research, creative, role-playing projects. The article reveals the essence of the concept of “project method” in the context of the educational process. The article also presents the structure of the organization of the activities of the teacher and the student in the process of using project activities. In addition, the author considers leading principles of the project method, as well as their determinacy in the learning process.