Opportunities of the modern school: project-based learning as a tool to form key competencies

• Main Authors: E. I. Davydova-Martynova, M. O. Zyuzyukova
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Plekhanov Russian University of Economics 2016-11-01
• Series: Otkrytoe Obrazovanie (Moskva)
• Subjects: general teaching actions; education standards; project based learning; scientific-practical conference; educational robotics; interdisciplinary teaching
• Online Access: https://openedu.rea.ru/jour/article/view/321

Changes happening today in the society challenge students not only to learn specific subjects but also to be able to apply knowledge to solve real-life problems. That is why modern education standards emphasize the importance of forming student’s core skills. Such skills can be also referred as general teaching actions that ensure the “teaching to learn” competence. Project based learning is one of the tools used to form and develop general teaching actions. Scientists, teachers, psychologists, leaders in education pay increased attention to the process of PBL in schools. Still a number of aspects in this subject matter isn’t researched enough. It determines the necessity of scientific approach to creating a model of forming key competences of modern students. Such system has to both satisfy statedeveloped learning standards and it should be easily applied in any school. In this article authors prove the importance of PBL as one of the development tools of general teaching actions and introduce a model of its advancement. One of the key elements of the model is a building of collaboration space – international scientific-practical Conference. In the article authors describe in detail the technology of organizing scientific conference on the example of High school #1517 which conducts the event since 2012. Introduced technology based on a successful experience will be useful for educational institutions.