Literary quest as an interactive educational technology and a form of career-oriented activities
The article is devoted to the presentation of the literary quest as an educational technology that is used by teachers of the faculty of Philological Sciences and media communications of Vyatka State University in the framework of educational and career-oriented activities. The proposed form of work is considered as an interactive form of learning and personal development, contributing to the development of metasubject skills and philological competence of students. This article provides an overview of the content of the event held at the Vyatka State University, describes the main stages of its preparation and carrying out identified instructional techniques used during its implementation; it analyzes the results of the use of the quest technology; it summarizes the experience of the literary career-oriented quest to identify its educational potential and to identify opportunities in the use in professional self-determination of schoolchildren. The results showed that the quest contributed to the development of students' non-standard independent thinking, intuition, logic, processes of analysis and synthesis, generalization of material, comparison and opposition; realization of intellectual and creative potential. When developing an educational quest, it is necessary to take into account the mandatory conditions of interactive communication. During the game it is recommended to use various forms, active and interactive methods: tests, blitz surveys, discussions, trainings, quizzes, game and creative tasks, drawings, videos and others. The advantage of the described technology is the active creative interaction of all participants -university teachers, students and schoolchildren - and personal involvement of each in cognitive and developmental activities. The materials of the article are of practical importance for the organization of career guidance with potential applicants in secondary and higher vocational schools.