AUTHOR'S PROJECTIVE METHODOLOGY FOR DIAGNOSTICATION OF THE SKILLS OF STUDENTS OF THE INITIAL STAGE FOR ARGUMENTED FINDING OF ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY SOLUTIONS IN PROBLEM SITUATIONS

Abstract

In the modern dynamic world, in the course of the intensive development of technologies, the interest of adolescents is shifting towards audiovisual technologies and media, values and morality are devalued, anthropocentrism is imposed, expressed in the message "Man is the master of nature". The main paradigm of our consumer everyday life gives rise to increasingly complex to solve environmental problems, especially in our interaction with the surrounding world. This determines not only the acquisition, but also the effective deepening of the ecological competence of adolescents from primary school age.
The article considers projective methodologies not only as a reliable, but also as a necessary component of pedagogical diagnostics. It is through projective methodologies that students can give direct answers, recognizing themselves in a specific situation. This is undoubtedly a prerequisite for an accurate and comprehensive analysis (both quantitative and qualitative).
Turning to the immediate pedagogical reality, the following conclusion can be drawn: in primary school pedagogy there are no methodologies that study the ecological competence of students from the first to the fourth grade. This is also the main premise in this article to propose a standardized version of a projective methodology for studying the ecological competence of children of primary school age. The diagnostic qualities of projective methods vary from the possibility of studying particular phenomena to the possibility of studying broadly generalized phenomena. Another advantage of projective methods is the easy establishment of contact with preschool children who will be diagnosed. It is precisely the projective methods that provoke impulsive associations in adolescents, which allow for a more accurate assessment in the diagnosis of children in the studied area.
The scientific and research goal of the proposed methodology is to diagnose the skills of elementary school students for reasoned finding of environmentally friendly solutions in a problem situation.
The hypothesis is raised that future empirical data from the proposed projective methodology could effectively serve to determine the environmental competence of children of primary school age.