TRADITIONAL AND INNOVATIVE METHODS OF FORMING EDUCATIONAL AUTONOMY AMONG STUDENTS OF GENERAL SECONDARY EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

Abstract

Rapidly changing living conditions in today's globalised society lead to new requirements aimed at preparing students of general secondary education institutions. In order to succeed in their personal lives and further professional activities, modern graduates of general secondary education institutions should be characterised by a high level of educational autonomy, as it enables them to learn throughout their lives, independently acquire new knowledge, skills, and reflect on their own educational activities. And this, in turn, requires the usage of both traditional and innovative teaching methods. The article is aimed at studying and describing the peculiarities of applying traditional and innovative methods of forming educational autonomy among students of general secondary education institutions. The author analyses the experience of Ukrainian and foreign scientists in applying effective methods of forming educational autonomy among students of general secondary education institutions. It is proved that the integration of both traditional and innovative teaching methods in the educational process of general secondary education institutions enables teachers to intensify students’ educational and cognitive activities, positively influence their cognitive interest and the level of mastering educational material, and create all conditions for their comprehensive development. The effective methods of forming educational autonomy among students of general secondary education institutions include the method of analising specific situations, the method of individual educational projects, interactive teaching methods, scaffolding method, methods of gamification. The application of these teaching methods to the formation of educational autonomy among students of general secondary education institutions provides an opportunity to take into account the individual psychological and individual typological characteristics of students, which effectively affects the formation and development of their skills of independent acquisition of knowledge, the ability to independently solve problems of different levels of complexity, to take responsibility for the results of their own educational activities, the ability to plan, organise and regulate their own educational activities, as well as the ability to self-control.