TEACHING STUDENTS TO WORK ON PROJECTS WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE SCHOOL COURSE OF PHYSICS
The authors define four types of projects to be carried out implementing knowledge of the school course of physics. They also specified the requirements to formulation of the project topics the essence of which is that the project task must be connected with development of a new end product that will be of practical importance. The paper presents the content of generic methods of implementing project tasks of two types connected with development of a technical device of practical importance and technologies to perform definite activities. The paper describes methods of teaching school students the generic ways to carry out project tasks. The considered generic methods represent systems of actions that provide for correct result, if done consequently, irrespective of the specific material, stipulated in the project task. Mastering these methods presupposes definition of separate actions in the process of carrying out special exercises when learning specific topics of school course of physics. At the next stage, students implement the defined actions independently to carry out projects. The paper also cites formulations of projects that are of practical importance and can be carried out implementing knowledge of physics based on generic methods.