Development of cognitive interest of students in the course of research activities in the process of learning the basics of life safety
The article provides theoretical and methodological justification of the model of teaching and research activities, taking into account cognitive, personality, developmental, and behavioral features of senior pupils; raising the safety culture of personality, a sense of responsibility to the world; to develop students ‘ interest in the subject of basics of life safety, ability to analyze and synthesize material, to grasp the essence of problems and to use the obtained knowledge in practice. To date, the development of cognitive interest among students is a complex multilevel psycho-pedagogical process, including many factors and, unfortunately, in modern general education institutions these factors are not taken into account, as traditional methods of education prevail; there is no individual approach to the student as an individual; the minimum connection is between the subject of life safety with real-life situations, absence of activation of creative thinking in students, as a result of which there is a reduced interest of teenagers both in the subject of life safety and in the process of teaching in principle. The aim of the study is to develop and theoretical justification and experimental testing of the didactic model of education and research activities of high school students in the process of teaching the basics of life safety aimed at the development of cognitive interest. Structural elements (components) of the model of education and research activities were identified: target, motivational (or personal), content-procedural and evaluative (or effective), their characteristics were presented. The criteria and indicators of the evaluation and performance unit are proposed, which are used as the basis for the efficiency of the model introduced into the training process on life safety model. The results of the study can be reflected in the practice of diagnosing the cognitive interest of schoolchildren within the framework of subject-matter training when introducing into the educational process an elective course „Research activities of students on life safety” within the framework of extracurricular work.