Problem-based learning technology as a means of developing students self-educational activity

the article addresses the problem of self-educational activity development in the context of the lifelong learning implementation concept. The existing theoretical foundation of the problem-based learning theory might be used in working-out technology for students' self-educational activities development. The analysis of psychological and pedagogical literature made it possible to determine the essential characteristics of problem-based learning and highlight the main requirements for a problem situation development: relevance, discussion, scientificity, timeliness, practical use of the acquired knowledge. The author's technology of problem-based learning the essence of which is students' self-educational activity development is presented. The logical problem-level sequence of the technology under consideration is reflected in the following stages: problemmotivational; organizational-activity; reflexive-evaluative. The essential characteristic of the problem-based learning technology as a means of developing students' self-educational activity, methods and techniques of its implementation on the example of «World Pedagogical Heritage» discipline are revealed in the article. Special attention is paid to such methods as problem statement, discussion, drawing up a plan of self-educational activity, reflection. The intermediate results of this technology implementation indicate positive impact over the structure and content of self-educational activities. Nevertheless, a promising direction seems to be the need to study the issue of students' preliminary readiness for its implementation in the aspect of forming the necessary self-education skills.