Development of Project and Research Activities of Schoolchildren and International Systems of Competitions and Conferences to Encourage Creative Scientific and Technical Activity of the Youth
The article deals with the necessity to develop in the Russian Federation the national system of competitions and conferences of youth projects and research works as an effective tool to involve schoolchildren into the project-oriented S&T activities. The authors have analyzed the data on the most important international and all-Russian competitions related to the creative S&T activity of youth. The article is concluded by the well-defined proposals on development of the project-oriented S&T activities within the system of general and supplementary education in the Russian Federation.