ACTIVATION OF COGNITIVE INTEREST IN YOUNGER SCHOOLCHILDREN BY MEANS OF PROJECT ACTIVITIES

Abstract

As a research task, the authors assess the means that exist for activating the cognitive interest of younger schoolchildren using project activities. The researchers reveal some processes that are fixed in the modern education system and society as a whole. Based on their study, the need to intensify the process of forming the appropriate quality of primary school students is demonstrated, including their involvement in the educational projects. A project activity is given an essential characteristic. The most characteristic features of the primary school students’ cognitive orientations system are studied. On this basis, the main organizational and pedagogical conditions that contribute to the formation of their cognitive interest are determined. The process of implementing such conditions using the project activity means is described. The authors conclude that participation in the implementation of educational projects will more effectively develop competencies related to the independent search, processing and presentation of the necessary information.