Methodology of teaching schoolchildren the use of the vector method of solving kinematic tasks in Physics
Russia currently needs engineering personnel. The strategy of general education is aimed at developing primary engineering competence among schoolchildren. During their school years, students need to be introduced to the fundamentals of engineering knowledge in order to evoke the need to develop engineering thinking, to develop an interest in the processes of design, engineering, and creation of technical objects. This is necessary for the students to make an informed choice of their future profession. To this end, there is a need to revise existing teaching methods. A special role in the formation of engineering thinking in schoolchildren is played by physics. It is the knowledge that helps to understand the principles of operating technical devices, the ability to apply them affects the quality of the technical object being created. The article considers the currently existing shortcomings in the process of teaching physics, and attempts are made to solve some of them, based on the theory of activity. Since knowledge cannot be acquired without practice, when a teacher organizes activities to teach students how to solve physical problems, it is necessary that this activity is aimed at mastering the methods of solving them, which allow solving many different problems. These methods must be developed by the students themselves. The article describes the method of teaching schoolchildren to the vector method of solving problems in ballistics. The advantage of using this technique in teaching physics is that students learn a vector method that allows them to solve problems of the ballistics of any degree of complexity and in a short time.