Keyword: «project activity of students»

Design is considered in the psychological and historical aspect as a type of human activity. The definition of pedagogical design is given as the conception, preliminary development of the main details, the upcoming educational activities of the teacher and the student. The article describes the application of project activities in the foreign educational practice of J. R. R. Tolkien. Dewey and William Kilpatrick and design in the domestic pedagogical practice of A. S. Makarenko and theory of V. P. Bespalko. Features of fixing the project method first in the domestic school, then in the preschool educational organization (pre-school). Various aspects of the design of the educational process in pre-school educational institutions are analyzed.