Keyword: «project activities»

This article is about project activities in pre-school educational facilities. The project activities shows individuality, interests and personality needs of a preschooler. Types and stages of project activities are examined, the efficiency of implantation of the method in pre-school educational facilities is proved.

The problem of non-formal education is extremely relevant in pedagogical science and practical work of the universities in the Russian Federation. The potential of such education provides opportunities for a pedagogical university to form students' universal and professional competences in various forms of education and upbringing. The article presents an analysis of foreign and domestic literature on the problem of non-formal education. On the basis of scientific work and educational practice, the work in this field is organized at the Surgut State Pedagogical University. The survey of student teachers made it possible to identify their need for the development of critical thinking, emotional intelligence, creativity, and communication skills. Students offered such forms of non-formal education as master classes, trainings, business games, round tables. These forms are presented in the description of two major projects of the Faculty of Psychology and Pedagogy. The purpose of the article is to describe this innovative pedagogical experience. The first project "Teach me how ...", developed and implemented by the members of the student council "Drive", included master classes for students interested in this topic at the university. The second project "Academy" Your Skills "of the pedagogical team "Klyukva" was aimed at designing a career guidance environment for the development of flexible supra-professional competences among students. The novelty of the project "Teach me how ..." in the "student-to-student" format consists in organizing a whole series of master classes presented in the system at the request of university students. Bachelors acquired such universal competences as the ability to communicate, work in a team, and be creative in specific activities. In 2021, this project won public recognition (1st degree diploma in the District competition "Student of the Year of Ugra – 2021" in the nomination "Volunteer Association of the Year", Khanty-Mansiysk and the International competition of student social projects on inclusive and special (defectological) education "My social initiative”, Kazakhstan, Petropavlovsk). The project “Academy“ Your Skills” was aimed at mastering the“ flexible skills ”of the 21st century: critical thinking, emotional intelligence, creativity, etc. The students defending this project took 1st place in the All-Russian competition of student programs, projects and education practices in general educational organizations "Leaders to school" (April 2021, St. Petersburg). The practical significance of the materials of the article lies in the fact that the methodological tools of non-formal education, in particular, fragments of abstracts of specific master classes, can be used by other pedagogical universities in the process of developing the universal and professional competences of future teachers.

The article highlights effective ways of discussing the topic ‘Historical and archaeological sites in Karelia’ in the frame of teaching the course of local history of Karelia. Provided materials can be used with junior language and humanities university students and English language high school students. The article sums up the authors’ personal experience of teaching Karelian local history course to Linguistics majors and Education majors in foreign languages at Petrozavodsk State University and demonstrates the authors’ set of discussion tasks.

The relevance and significance of the study are determined by the trends in the development of Russian education. This innovative education is aimed at formation of a person who is ready to changes in social environment due to development of his or her creative abilities, formation of motivation for continuous education, effective communication and collaboration abilities. Change of educational paradigms means refusal from traditional understanding of education as a way to get a ready-made knowledge. Education is a property of a person, a means of his or her development and self realization. All components of the educational paradigms require hence changes in educational approaches, methods and practices, as well as technologies and aids. These changes resulted in the recognition that the student-centered and systemic activity-oriented approaches are the leading ones in the Russian education system, which was documented in the State Educational Standard. The project activities became important on all stages of school education as a factor affecting the development of students' universal learning activities. The social project management is one of the project activities areas and it is designed to create conditions for a person to improve his/her social competences through social activities. In this connection there arises a question, what are the conditions for successful application of social project management methods in modern middle school. The aim of the research is to understand and to give a precise definition of the term 'social project management technologies' in the context of the world and Russian experience, so as review of organizational and pedagogical conditions and their successful implementation in the middle school educational process. The present research followed a complex approach, including research studies and scholarly works concerning the topic, as well as questionnaire method which made it possible to determine practical basis to apply organizational and pedagogical conditions at educational institutions. The present article reveals general elements of the social project management technologies and their stages, as well as a number of organizational and pedagogical conditions for their successful application, presents the analysis of teachers' questionnaires aimed to study real conditions in educational institutions. The theoretical relevance of the research is in characteristics of the social project management methods with reference both to project method and to leading educational tendencies in Russia. The practical relevance of the research allows us to use the obtained results for improvement of organizational and pedagogical conditions in educational institutions.

The priority of the joint team activity of the ONC “PYS-ES” is the ecological and creative development of pupils, based on the development programs of institutions. Continuity between both kindergarten and school is carried out in terms of the content of education and upbringing, and in methods, techniques, organizational forms of educational work. On the initiative of the Union Protection of Birds of Russia, Titmouse Day is celebrated on the twelfth of November. We have developed a joint project "Titmouse’ Calendar" for this event.