Project activities as a means of developing students' ethnocultural competence

the article substantiates the relevance of introducing project activities for the formation of ethnocultural competence of students. The expediency of using project activities as a means of forming ethnocultural competence of students is indicated on the basis of the analysis of the strategy of the state national policy of the Russian Federation for the period up to 2025, Federal state standards of the new generation, scientific articles and monographs devoted to this issue. The pedagogical conditions for the effective implementation of the project approach in the field of ethnocultural education are substantiated: the interdisciplinary nature of project activities in the context of developing ethnocultural competence of students is characterized; the importance of using the technology of pedagogical support at all stages of work on the project is shown. To assess the results of the experimental work, a comparative analysis of the survey data of students in different areas of training according to the cognitive, affective and behavioral-activity criterion of ethnocultural competence is presented. Positive changes in the ethnocultural competence of students are revealed for all three declared criteria based on the analysis of the survey results and assessment of the quality of the products of their activities. The quality of project activity products is analyzed through the organization of public examination at the public defense of projects. Conclusions and proposals for the organization and pedagogical support of students' project activities for the formation of ethnocultural competence are formulated.