The system of modern education is filled with newfangled innovations that are generated by a variety of innovative methods and copyright programs. Of course, school education has problems, and they are known to all. This is the lack of a complete methodological base in the education system with complete reluctance to follow the old Soviet one. And a minimum of financial support for the industry, which is reflected both in the lack of material resources and in the lack of high-quality specialist teachers.
Features of the inclusion of projects in teaching practice
It should be noted that some creative freedom, gifted to modern teachers, has a wide range of positive features. First of all, these are already noted innovative methods, author's programs for early development, and more. One of the brainchilds of this approach was a research project in elementary school. Collective projects are perfectly applicable to subjects of various subjects - from mathematics to rhetoric. Of course, a project in elementary school is a simple scientific research. However, pedagogical practice demonstrates that providing children with opportunities for creative search and implementation of research impulses in the most favorable way affects the ability to think critically, perceive arguments and draw conclusions.
A project in elementary school is a clarification of simple things filed in an interesting and easy way. For example, why does a giraffe need a long neck and a hedgehog need sharp spikes? Or practical projects for growing flowers. In addition to the development of thought processes, a project in elementary school is also the development of competent speech, individual and collective work, and the formation of an adequate self-esteem. The cohesion of school teams working together on projects is increasing dramatically.
The project in elementary school and its stages
Any project is always divided into certain sections of the work. A feature of such work in the elementary grades is mainly the active participation and help of the teacher in the project, his guiding hand.
You can break a project in elementary school into the following stages:
1) Motivation. This is an extremely important stage for any task in primary and secondary classes. Often, students do not yet realize for themselves why they need to come to school daily and complete the tasks of the teacher. Thus, in order for these tasks to be carried out in good faith, they must become interesting and desirable for students. The goal of the project should arouse the curiosity of young researchers.
2) Planning. Of course, without proper planning, no effective activity is possible. And it will be useful for the pupils to understand this already in elementary school.
3) Collection and processing of information. The most important part of the study. The lion's share of useful skills is formed precisely at this stage, and teacher control is especially necessary.
4) Project protection. Formation of skills on how to demonstrate your achievements and present your conclusions as competently as possible.
By the way, to help such projects at the final stage of defense often comes another discipline, introduced in many schools from elementary grades - computer science. In elementary school, projects presented using bright and colorful computer images are much more attractive to other students who were not involved in the process.