Experience in organizing the subject “Individual Project” in high school

Abstract

The Federal State Educational Standard of Secondary General Education presupposes the mandatory implementation of the course “Individual Project”, the logical conclusion of which is the protection of one of the selected types of work by the student: project or research. This actualizes the expansion of approaches to teaching and learning, the system of accompanying teachers for the effective organization of project and research activities of students in educational organizations at the level of secondary general education. The approach of organizing the subject “Individual Project” in high school is presented. The main stages of organizing project and research activities within the framework of the above subject are identified and clarified, namely, ascertaining – preparing students for independent activity, distinguishing between the concepts of “educational project” and “educational research”, which included two blocks: 1) “immersion” by students in project activities, 2) “immersion” by students in research activities; organizational – stimulation of students' mental and activity processes, consisting of blocks aimed at 3) the development of search and analytical activities, 4) fixing the distinctive characteristics of the object and subject of research, 5) development of planning and goal-setting skills, 6) development of presentation and communication skills; designing – developing skills in working with scientific and educational literature, academic writing; instrumental – acquaintance with the organization and conduct of the experimental part of the study, development of the final product; constructive – finalization of the study/project, taking into account the comments and suggestions, the design of the text of the work, public defense before the commission. A number of practical and laboratory works carried out in the classroom are considered.