The relevance of project activities in preschool institutions
Olga Danilenko
The relevance of project activities in preschool institutions
Nowadays in the pedagogical environment and in particular in preschool , a lot of attention is paid to design - pedagogical and children's. And for many teachers it is not entirely clear why design is needed in kindergartens . In this article I will try to explain and reveal the relevance of projects in working with children . The desire to observe and experiment, to independently seek new information about the world are the most important features of normal child behavior. Research and search activity is the natural state of a child. Children's need to search is biologically determined. Every healthy child is a little explorer from birth. He is determined to understand the world, he wants to get to know it as best as possible. It is this internal desire for research that gives rise to exploratory behavior and creates the conditions for the child’s mental development to initially develop in the process of self-development. The project-based teaching method is innovative for preschool institutions. It is aimed at developing the child’s personality, his cognitive and creative abilities. Project activities, like no other, support children's cognitive initiative in kindergarten and family settings. This topic is very relevant for a number of reasons .
Firstly, it helps the child gain early social positive experience in realizing his own plans. If what is most significant for a child is also of interest to other people, he finds himself in a situation of social acceptance, which stimulates his personal growth and self-realization.
Secondly, the ever-increasing dynamism within social relationships requires the search for new, non-standard actions in a variety of circumstances. Non-standard actions are based on originality of thinking. Thirdly, project activities help to go beyond the boundaries of culture (cognitive initiative)
culturally - in an adequate way.
It is project activity that allows not only to support children’s initiative, but also to formalize it in the form of a culturally significant product. Also, the topic of the project method is relevant for a number of reasons :
- federal state requirements (FSES)
to the structure of the basic general education program
of preschool education, they say that the program of a preschool educational institution should be built taking into account the principle of integration of the educational field in accordance with age capabilities and the specifics of educational fields.
— a person must, as early as possible, gain positive social experience in realizing his own plans.
— the ever-increasing dynamism of economic and social relations requires the search for new, non-standard actions in a variety of circumstances. Non-standard actions are based on originality of thinking.
Project activities of both teachers and preschoolers significantly change interpersonal relationships between peers and between adults and children. All participants in project activities gain experience in productive interaction, the ability to hear others and express their attitude to various aspects of reality. A new round of interest in the project as a way of organizing life activities is explained by its potential integrativity, compliance with developmental education technology, and ensuring children’s activity in the educational process. What is the modernization of education, in particular preschool ? According to T. A. Danilina (a well-known scientist in the field of psychology and pedagogy, pedagogical design arises in response to the social order for education and is carried out on the basis of pedagogical foresight and forecasting, serves as the process and result of the development of a scientifically based model of the rational characteristics of specific socio-pedagogical objects or their states in terms of solving certain social and pedagogical problems. Pedagogical design can become a way to develop the ability to exist in a field of uncertainty, a space that requires development. A modern teacher must have the knowledge and skills of pedagogical design and organization of project activities aimed at transforming the future in the field of education and education of preschoolers ... Thus, using in our work pedagogical design , and in working with preschoolers , the methodology of working with children to organize project activities project-based learning technology )
, we implement a personality-oriented and developmental approach to training and education.
Project activities allow us to :
1. Increase the professional level of teachers and the degree of their involvement in activities , make the team more united;
2. Form professional interaction between teachers and preschool children, which is based on the subjective attitude of the teacher to the child, an individual approach, taking into account the child’s zone of proximal development, a motivational approach, a friendly attitude towards the child, develop a system of productive interaction between participants in the educational process (children are involved in the project parents communicate with each other and with the teacher, and during pedagogical design all participants in the educational space of the kindergarten communicate with each other), as well as the scientific principles of constructing the basic general education program are implemented and the integrative qualities of the child are developed, which are the final results of the children’s mastery of the educational program.
The project-based teaching method promotes the development of independent thinking, helping the child to build confidence in himself and his own capabilities. It provides for a system of education in which children acquire knowledge and master skills in the process of completing a system of planned practical tasks. This is learning through search and cognitive activity , which is aimed at the result that is obtained when solving a problem. project method allows you to raise an independent and responsible personality, develop the child’s creative and mental abilities, and also promotes the development of determination, perseverance, teaches you to overcome problems that arise along the way, and most importantly, the ability to communicate with peers and adults, increases the child’s authority before peers and his own self-esteem . At the heart of every project lies some kind of problem. After all, the themes of the projects are born precisely from the interests of children
project method was reflected in the ideas of domestic scientists of the 20s: B.V. Ignatiev, V.N. Shulgin, N.K. Krupskaya. And recently, the theoretical foundations for the design of individual educational systems and technologies have been actively developed in scientific and pedagogical literature (V. S. Bezrukov, V. P. Bespalko, V. I. Zvyaginsky)
.As an option for an integrated method of teaching
preschoolers, a number of scientists consider project activities , such as T. A. Danilina, M. B. Zuikova, L. S. Kiseleva, T. S. Lagoda, etc.
The use of the project method in preschool education makes it possible to significantly increase children's independent activity. project method becomes a way of organizing the pedagogical process, based on the interaction of the teacher, parents and pupils with each other and the environment, and also makes the educational system of preschool institutions more open to the active participation of parents. Consequently, the project method is relevant not only for kindergarten, but also for society and the family as a whole.
Summary
The promise of the project method in the preschool educational system is that it provides the opportunity to develop observation and analysis of phenomena, comparison, generalization and the ability to draw conclusions, creative thinking, logic of knowledge, inquisitiveness of mind, joint cognitive-search and research activities , communication and reflective skills and much more that are components of a successful personality.
A promising method in the DOE system is that it allows the development of observation and analysis of phenomena, comparisons, generalizations, and skills to draw conclusions, creative thinking, logic of knowledge, inquisitive mind, a joint educational and research activities, communication and reflective skills, and much more, what are the ingredients of a successful personality.
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Report on the topic: “The relevance of the project method. Features of its use in elementary school"
Municipal state educational institution
“Vinogradnenskaya secondary school named after. Dedova F.I.”
Report on the topic:
“The relevance of the project method, features of its application in elementary school”
Performed:
Pogorelova Irina Viktorovna,
primary school teacher
MCOU "Vinogradnenskaya Secondary School named after. Dedova F.I.”
first qualification category
Vinogradnoye village, 2021
An educated person in modern society is a person who is not so much armed with knowledge as he is able to obtain knowledge, apply it in practice and do it purposefully. There is a need to go beyond the existing traditional approaches, to work in a mode that encourages the search for new information, independent productive activities aimed at developing the student’s creative thinking.
Currently, global changes have occurred in the education system: previous values, priorities, targets and pedagogical means have been revised.
The modern school is focused on developing in students a broad scientific outlook, general cultural interests, and establishing in the minds of the priorities of universal human values. Therefore, one of the main tasks of a modern primary school is to create the necessary conditions for the personal development of each child and the formation of his active position. In this regard, there is a need to prepare elementary school students for activities that teach them to think, predict and plan their actions, develop the cognitive and emotional-volitional sphere, create conditions for independent activity and cooperation, and allow them to adequately evaluate their work.
The need to solve this problem in my teaching activities prompted me to use the project-based teaching method as a new modern pedagogical technology. The first place comes to forms of independent work of students, based not only on the application of acquired knowledge and skills, but also on obtaining new ones based on them.
The main goal of my teaching activity is to demonstrate and develop
children’s personal interest in acquiring knowledge .
In this regard, I devote a significant role in my work
to project activities
, which allow:
- identify the child’s creative abilities;
- improve contact with students and parents;
- develop research, communication and collaboration skills;
- provide children with emotional and meaningful support for their self-affirmation.
There are many ways to develop the intellectual and creative potential of a child’s personality, but one’s own design and research practice is undoubtedly one of the most effective.
Primary school age is the initial stage of entry into project activities, laying the foundation for further mastery of it. The inclusion of younger schoolchildren in project activities teaches them to think, predict, anticipate, and forms adequate self-esteem.
Of course, primary school age imposes natural restrictions on the organization of project activities, but it is imperative to involve primary school students in project activities. The fact is that it is at primary school age that a number of value systems, personal qualities and relationships are laid down. If this circumstance is not taken into account, if this age is considered as insignificant, a “passing age” for project methods, then the continuity between the stages of development of educational and cognitive activity of students and a significant part of schoolchildren is disrupted and it is not possible to subsequently achieve the desired results in project activities. When organizing project activities in elementary schools, it is necessary to take into account the age and psychological and physiological characteristics of younger schoolchildren.
The Vinogradnenskaya Secondary School, where I teach, has been working on the Planet of Knowledge teaching programs for eight years. A characteristic feature of textbooks is their focus on organizing project activities. Any student has the opportunity to choose a project topic in accordance with their interests and capabilities.
In the set of textbooks, project activities act as the main form of organizing extracurricular activities for schoolchildren. Special spreads in the textbooks present possible options for creative, informational and practice-oriented projects. Moreover, on each of these spreads there is always a proposal to create the student’s own project.
I am convinced that it is necessary to include schoolchildren in project activities from the 1st grade, gradually. For each class, its own specifics of working on the project are determined, taking into account the age and psychological characteristics of the development of younger schoolchildren.
In the first grade, working on a project with a complete structure is impossible, since children do not know how to read, write, or analyze. Therefore, in the first half of the year, I conduct a preparatory stage, which includes: students’ creative work (drawings, crafts, applications), oral stories, in which children, with the help of the teacher, gradually learn to analyze, reason, and highlight the main thing.
In the second half of the year, children can already read, have basic writing skills, and can ask and answer questions. Consequently, it is possible to expand the scope of work on the project and include not only drawings, but also the collection of information according to a plan drawn up together with the teacher. Taking into account the developmental characteristics of younger schoolchildren, a first-grader needs to be offered topics that are closest and most significant to him, for his “small world” (“City of Letters”, “Living ABC”, “Book of Riddles”).
In the first and second grades I teach how to work in a group, since it is very difficult for children to agree among themselves and come to a common opinion. My task is to teach children the art of communication, understanding, interaction. During this period, children learn to work with a book in the library, find the necessary information in various sources on a given topic, draw up projects and defend them. (“Cities of Russia”, “Russian folk proverbs”, “My genealogy”, photo report “My small homeland”, wall newspaper “This Victory Day”, etc.)
The full application of the project method begins in grades 3-4. The topic of the project should be interesting to the student and should captivate him. Schoolchildren - the authors of projects - show special activity and personal interest in obtaining results if projects are created on problems that concern them and were proposed by them independently.
Work on project activities has become firmly established in the life of primary school and has become a significant contribution for it in solving problems posed both during and after school hours.
Project activities allow students to go beyond the scope of school subjects, make interdisciplinary connections, combine existing life experience with new knowledge, develop an active life position, and make the most of existing creative opportunities.
For many years, we, teachers of the MCOU "Vinogradnenskaya Secondary School named after F.I. Dedov" We successfully apply project activities in our practice, obtaining good results. Presentations of project activities occur at different levels:
— School project week and Project Festival.
— Regional scientific and practical conference “Iuventa”:
2010
— “A proverb is folk wisdom” — 1st place — Pogorelova I.V.
2011
— “Kalmyk kibitka” — 1st place — Pogorelova I.V.
2012
. — “Our names, what they mean” — 2nd place — Pogorelova I.V.
“Lullabies” - 2nd place - Ponomareva T.R.
“Finger Puppet Theater” - 2nd place - Geyser M.A.
“Indoor plants are our friends” - 2nd place - Churbanova T.A.
2013
- "Computer games. Harm or benefit” - 1st place - Ponomareva T.R.
“Kalmyk tea is not easy tea” - 2nd place - Dikushina T.I.
2014
– “Streets of our village” – 1st place – Ponomareva T.R.
“Our cool newspaper “Country of Friendship” - 3rd place - Dikushina T.I.
2016
— “90 years is not an age. Long-Livers of the Village of Vinogradnoye" - 1st place -
Pogorelova I.V.
In the period from 2010 to 2021 -
I places - 5, II places - 5, III places - 1 = 11 places.
— Republican scientific and practical conference “Iuventa”:
2010
— “A proverb is folk wisdom” — 1st place — Pogorelova I.V.
2014
– “Streets of our village” – 1st place – Ponomareva T.R.
2016
— “90 years is not an age. Long-Livers of the Village of Vinogradnoye" - 1st place -
Pogorelova I.V. In the period from 2010 to 2021 -
1st place - 3 first places.
Thus, the use of the project method by the teacher makes it possible to intensify the cognitive activity of students, makes the educational process non-traditional, and contributes to the manifestation of the individual qualities of each student.
It is very important that students receive satisfaction from the results of their work and feel a festive atmosphere because they brought joy to their classmates and teacher. The guys understand how much they still don’t know and how much they have to learn. They develop a sense of responsibility towards their classmates, as they realize that if someone does not complete part of their work, then everyone will suffer and the desired result will not be achieved. Children see that there are many solutions to the same problem, and this is where their creativity comes into play. If a student is able to cope with work on an educational project, one can hope that in adult life he will be more adaptable: he will be able to plan his own activities, navigate in a variety of situations, work together with different people, i.e. adapt to changing living conditions.
All this allows us to consider project activity one of the most effective teaching methods at the present stage of educational development.
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What are school projects? Soft skills & hard skills
A project is a temporary undertaking aimed at creating a unique product, service or result.
So says the Project Management Body of Knowledge. The same definition can be fully applied to school projects:
- A project is always something new.
- The project solves someone's problem.
- The project always has a socially popular result.
- The project has a time frame.
Project activity is one of the active forms of teaching schoolchildren, aimed primarily at developing skills. These are universal, flexible skills (soft skills): teamwork, negotiation, setting goals and objectives, decision making. And applied, specific skills (hard skills), which relate to a specific area of professional activity.
“Hard skills are the skills that are needed in order to carry out professional activities. Soft skills are supra-professional skills that allow you to migrate from one profession or industry to another.”
Anastasia Rylova co-founder of Tutorsky, practical teacher at the National Research University Higher School of Economics-Perm, regional expert of the IIDF
Types of school projects and their results
One of the most important features of a project, including a school project, is the presence of socially significant results.
What these results will be depends on the type of project. Project results can be actual, product:
- new knowledge formalized in an article;
- device or prototype;
- artistic object;
- technology or innovation.
And educational:
- entry into the context of the profession (professional test);
- hard skills;
- soft skills;
- internal values that were formed among the project team members.
