Формирование понимания мира природы в процессе художественно-эстетической деятельности дошкольников

Abstract

Relevance and expediency: the study analyzes one of the aspects of the urgent and complex problem of modern preschool education – the development of the environmental orientation of the personality of a preschool child. Purpose of the study: to present the substantiation of the problem of the development of the ecological orientation of the personality of preschool students, the proposed methods for solving this problem through artistic and aesthetic children’s activities and the results of testing the effectiveness of the proposed methods. The leading method for the study of the problem: the proposed ecological and artistic projects are, on the one hand, part of the theoretical basis of the problem under consideration, and on the other hand, a practical example of its solution based on the organization of the process of developing an understanding of the natural world in the process of artistic aesthetic activity of preschool students on the example of familiarization with the animals of the Red Book of the Middle Volga region. Results: revealed, substantiated and experimentally tested the pedagogical conditions for organizing the process of developing an understanding of the world of nature in the process of artistic and aesthetic activity of preschool students on the example of familiarization with the animals of the Red Book of the Middle Volga region. Ecological and artistic projects of the corresponding content are developed. Practical and theoretical significance of the results obtained: the results of our work are an important addition to federal and regional programs for the moral and aesthetic development of preschool children, implemented in preschool educational organizations. The use of integrated forms of the pedagogical process (projects) for acquaintance and the development of a value attitude towards rare animals of their native land (for example, animals included in the Red Book of the Ulyanovsk Region) will optimally implement the tasks of comprehensive education of children.