Shakirova E.V. The project method in the educational activities of preschoolers: the history of the concept, technology
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Abstract
The relevance of the topic of the article. Creating conditions for the harmonious and versatile development of children in all educational areas of the federal state educational standard of preschool education is one of the most difficult tasks in the work of an educator, since in the practice of kindergartens a differentiated approach is often used to organize the activities of a preschooler within one educational area. The project method is increasingly used as a means of integrating educational areas in the interaction of a teacher and a child.
The aim of the study. The work is aimed at studying the features of the application of the project method for organizing the educational activities of preschoolers and revealing the technology of the project method as a means to improve the quality of interaction between the teacher and children based on the unification of participants in the educational process around a common topic.
Description of the research progress. The project method is considered in the context of John Dewey’s ideas of educational transformation and instrumental pedagogy. Particular attention is paid to the history of the origin of the project method and its connection with the philosophy of pragmatism. A parallel is drawn between the socio-economic factors that led to changes in the approaches and methods of teaching children at the beginning of the last century, and modern challenges associated with the influence of information technology on communication between adults and children. The classification of projects for preschool age is given, the stages of project activity implementation are described, a detailed list of thematic areas for educational projects of preschool groups is given.
The results of the study. As a practical tool, the article describes a set of projects aimed at introducing children to the history of the Great Patriotic War. The complex includes four educational projects of a cognitive, artistic and aesthetic orientation, compiled for each age group of a preschool organization. Revealing the content of the projects, their main tasks are formulated, the forms of the teacher’s work and the types of children’s activities through which the tasks set will be solved. Each project provides for a starting event of a problematic nature, which will serve as a reason for the beginning of joint research and creative activities of the teacher and children.
Conclusion. Materials on the history of the emergence of the project method in pedagogy allow us to draw parallels with our time and highlight the problems of modern preschool education, the solution of which can be facilitated by the use of this pedagogical technology. The project method can be used as a means of integrating educational areas and organizing cooperation between the teacher and children in the process of communication and joint activities on the topic. The problematic approach underlying the project method is an actual tool for developing the ability of preschoolers to set a goal for future activities, to put forward hypotheses, to seek and find means to solve the problem. The given descriptions of the Victory Day projects can be used in the work of preschool educators as practical recommendations for organizing educational activities within the framework of using the project method.
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