Keyword: «self-discovery of abilities»

The urgency of the researched problem is due to the new demands of society and the state on the results that the general education system should achieve. Changes in the format of the FSES results, established on the methodology of the system-activity approach, entail new tasks for teachers and students. The authors demonstrate the urgency of new goals and results of education for the young generation within the framework of a prefigurative culture. They substantiate the need to consider the new phenomenon of “self-discovery of abilities” in the context of school education. The purpose of the article is a theoretical description of student's abilities self-discovery problem in the context of educational goals. The following tasks were solved: a review of domestic and foreign psychological and pedagogical research on the topic of self-discovery was prepared, in particular, the results of the self-discovery abilities of high school students in connection with their professional self-determination were shown, domestic theories of abilities were systematized, as well as modern foreign data. The system-activity approach and the theory of abilities were used as the leading approaches to the study of the problem. The method of theoretical analysis was used. Main results of the work: the necessity of studying the student's self-discovery abilities is proved, since the scientific base is shown: the system-activity approach, theories of abilities, and the subject of professional self-determination has been developed. The dynamics of a student's ability are justified as the goal of education. It is shown that the work of the teacher goes on as the process of creating an environment for the development of abilities and competences of the student. As a result of this interaction, the student discovers himself primarily as the owner of some promising resources. Thus, self-discovery of abilities for oneself occurs. The pedagogical intentionality is substantiated as a modern teacher’s competence, which lets a teacher to make the dynamics of the student's ability and competence increments of the student the subject of his activity and the result of the student’s work. The theoretical significance is due to the introduction and interpretation of new concepts regarding the context of general education and the activity of a teacher: “self-discovery of the abilities of a high school student”, “pedagogical intentionality”. The practical significance of the work consists in applicability of a high school student’s abilities self-discovery ideas for his pedagogical support and providing opportunities for abilities self-discovery. Pedagogical intentionality may be the basis for a change in teaching practice, including the process of methodological developing lessons and work plans, which makes it possible for the teacher to work in accordance with the FSES.