Keyword: «проектная деятельность»

Currently, patriotic education is the most important national task, the solution of which provides for the intelligent systemic activity at different levels. The purpose of the study is to identify the characteristic features of the patriotic education of children and youth using personal example of young heroes of the Great Patriotic War. The study was conducted on the basis of the Tula State Pedagogical University named after Leo Tolstoy with volunteer students who took part in the project. Research methods: theoretical (study and analysis of psychological and pedagogical literature, analysis, generalization and systematization of information from scientific sources); empirical (questioning, pedagogical experiment); methods of mathematical statistics. The principles of consistency and integrity in solving the problems of patriotic education, taking into account the individual and age characteristics of students were identified as fundamental. The article presents the experience of implementing the project “Training of educational volunteers to support events dedicated to the Year of Memory and Glory“ Heroic generation of peers””, aimed at the patriotic education of young people and the preservation of historical memory, the development of patriotic volunteering. Its characteristic feature is the form of interaction organization in the system “university students - school students”. The content of the project includes the organization of a monitoring study on the issues of patriotic education of children and youth, the training of volunteer students of patriotic orientation, the design of classes in patriotic education which are dedicated to the feat of the young hero of the Great Patriotic War, who lived on the Tula land, the same age as today's boys and girls. In educational institutions, volunteers actively interacted with representatives of student self-government, the Russian movement of schoolchildren, the school's museum members, etc. Class tutors, social teachers, youth leaders, representatives of the RMS, public organizations of patriotic orientation, etc. can use thematic lessons of patriotic orientation. The project contributed to the preservation of historical memory and the development of patriotic volunteering.

At present, society requires from a person the ability to constant personal and professional improvement, which actualizes the development of students’ “self-concept”, the formation of their personality in the educational process of the university. The purpose of the article is to study the influence of students’ “self-concept” on the willingness to participate in volunteer work. The study was conducted on the basis of the Tula State Pedagogical University named after L. Tolstoy with first- and second-year students. The research methods included a theoretical analysis of domestic and foreign literature on the research problem; questionnaires, testing, and a pedagogical experiment were used as empirical methods. The principles of consistency and integrity, taking into account the individual and age characteristics of students, etc. were determined as fundamental ones. The article presents the experience of implementing the program of classes for volunteer students "The First Step into Volunteering", which promotes the involvement of students in various areas of volunteering. Its distinctive feature is the form of interaction organization in the "student-mentor - first-year student" system. The proposed program provides theoretical and practical modules aimed at developing the “self-concept”, individuality of students, reveals the potentials of personal and professional growth by means of volunteer work. The program consists of the following modules: “Who am I?”, “I am a volunteer”, “Helping others”, “Volunteer project”, “From volunteering to employment”. The theoretical significance is presented by an overview of approaches to the structure of the students’ “self-concept” and the development of the volunteer movement. The practical significance of the research is in the worked out program for the development of students’ “self-concept” at the pedagogical university in the process of active involvement in volunteer work. The introduction of students to project activities deserves special attention. The research results can be useful for the development of volunteer centers of universities, the organization of psychological and pedagogical support for the creative activity of students.

This article discusses project activities in the context of the implementation of the Federal State Educational Standard secondary general education. The features of the organization of project activities of senior schoolchildren are revealed. Special attention is paid to the role of the teacher in accompanying students during the project.