Learning through projects and research to develop engineering skills

In the VUCA-world, there is a gap between the content of
school science education and the level of modern science and
technology. Most developed countries know they have to transform school education, primarily through ensuring the active position of the participants of educational process by means of research and project-based learning.
However, it is necessary to solve the issues of organizing not
only individual, but also group research and projects, not only in
the framework of extracurricular additional education, but also
in the course of lesson activities in natural science, the volume
of which is more than 700 hours (grades 5-9). Systematic organization of educational and research and project activities requires
the development of a mechanism for integrating models of stageby-stage development of the norms of project and research activities by students of different age groups into pedagogical practice,
building a meaningful relationship between classroom and extracurricular activities.
An effective model of such organization is the model of a
school-technopark, which integrates the space for obtaining
new knowledge and their technologization.
The Fund for Infrastructure and Educational Programs has accumulated extensive experience in applying the approach of learning through projects and research to in-depth study of natural sciences in the format of additional education based on the cases of real high-tech companies. However, in conditions of intense competition for personnel with key competencies, it is necessary to form mechanisms for transferring this experience to the sphere of general education. 

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