Sydorenko I.

National Technical University of Ukraine

“Kyiv Politechnic Institute”, Ukraine

Modern interactive learning and development of students

cognitive activity

 

Under the conditions of transformation of the system of education all scientists and teachers agree with the fact that the activation and development of cognitive activity and formation of cognitive interests of students is a prerequisite for successful learning. The whole process of teaching can’t be considered as automated inserting of previously prepared information and general facts in the student's heads. It requires not only intense mental work, self-conscious but also conscious knowledge and understanding of objectively real patterns of the process of the modern learning.

The development of psychological factors of educational success and internal functional changes in the structure of students' cognitive sphere depend on the effectiveness of realization and implementation of their cognitive thinking and interests. It is important to excite and encourage cognitive activity reflected in individual questions, answers, statements, actions and goals. Having formed his own educational interests student will study successfully and will be more interested in learning activities [3].

One of the main problems of students’ learning is the fact that most of the course material is proposed as a certain amount of knowledge without any specific analysis and, especially, its connection with other subjects of the curriculum and the manufacturing sector. Teaching subjects referred to the traditional model of education and referred to the program of educational institutions working with innovative technologies has fragmented nature and poorly motivate students to study material of the whole education cycle. Hence, the general unattractiveness and incomprehension of scientific knowledge, according to students, is unlikely to be useful or applicable in future. This circumstances lead to the situation that at some stage of educational process the cognitive motivation to solve problem and reach goals disappears not because of finding a convincing solution or answer but because of lack of basic knowledge [1].

The main task of each teacher is the activation of cognitive activity of every single student at every lesson. Therefore, pondering over the future lesson and its methodological goals teacher must first solve the most fundamental problem how to organize the teacher-student transfer of new material effectively. Maybe it must be a message or heuristic discussion, seminar, discovery, reflection, problem solving, independent work and so on. Each lesson must be converted into lesson of interaction, communication, thinking where truth arises in a dispute or a dialogue about it [4].

It is quite possible to combine the traditional means of presenting educational material with the interactive teaching methods rationally. After all, explanation and demonstration alone will never give real and sustainable knowledge. Online training is a special form of cognitive activity which aims to create a comfortable learning environment in which every student feels his success as well as intellectual ability. Such kind of learning where student and teacher are equal, equivalent individuals of study, understand what they are doing, reflects from the fact that they know and are able to carry out. They allow you to create a comfortable psychological learning environment in which every student feels his success and intellectual ability. The basis of the interactive educational process is the cooperation and productive dialogue aimed at developing students' creative abilities through joint problem solving, ability to set and reach goals, planning scientific activities, allocation of functions, skills of critical reasoning.

Interactive learning is a learning mode of teacher-student dialogue in which the interaction between students is the main purpose of understanding the joint solutions of educational problems, providing the development of personal qualities of students through the mutual cooperation with each other. This kind of study contributes not only to better memorization of material to be learnt but its identification and application in everyday and professional life. Implementation of interactive teaching methods contributes to the development of student’s personal qualities such as fluent communication, collaboration, ability to present their own point of view, compromise, debate, etc. The essence and the background of interactive learning is the formation of brand new approaches to the educational process and the implementation of active group learning methods for solving teaching tasks to develop students' creative abilities and professionally oriented skills closely to real conditions.

 

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2. Пометун О., Пироженко Л. / О.І. Пометун, Л.В. Пироженко. Інтерактивні технології навчання: теорія, практика, досвід: Метод. посібн. – К.:АПН, 2002. – 136 с.

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4. Юріна О.А. Активізація пізнавальної діяльності шляхом впровадження інтерактивних технологій. Режим доступу: osvita.ua/school/method/technol/6618