Foreign practices of implementing project method while teaching school students: challenges and constraints

The article analyses challenges and constraints while applying the project method that are specified in the modern psychological and pedagogical literature of foreign authors. The relevance of the study is due to the common practice of project activities in which Russian schoolchildren are involved as well as the necessity of considering the international experience to optimize the realization of projects by school students within the national teaching practice. In order to achieve this goal, the comparative analysis of foreign pedagogical literature along with the interpretative approach has been used. The article reflects modern understanding of the project method in foreign sources. Based on the generalization of the project-based learning constraints described in foreign literature, it was determined that the main challenges are related to the organizational aspects of the project activities, the competence and experience of a teacher, and the developing opportunities to implement projects. The paper presents some proposals of foreign authors to overcome project-based learning difficulties.