PILOT METHODOLOGICAL MODEL OF THE FORMATION OF PUPILS’ CIVIC COMPETENCE (ON THE BASIS OF THE CONTENT OF THE “WORLD HISTORY” COURSE FOR THE 7-TH FORM)

Abstract

The article deals with the pilot model of the formation of pupils’ civic competence on the basis of the content of the course in World History (the 7-th form). The author suggests the methods of the formation of the cognitive civic competence – the basic knowledge (backbones) as follows the knowledge on a medieval society, state, policy, values, rules, rights, etc. The system of the backbone models which correspond to the structure of civic definitions is elaborated. It includes the fragments of a text, sketchy, conceptual and background pictures, the description of the medieval symbols, etc. The methods of work in small groups for carrying out the creative tasks which provide the formation of the procedural component of the civic competence are represented. The schemes of their fulfilment are worked out. A set of medieval miniatures is used for the practical and analytical pupils’ work on the society, the identification of medieval states and the definition of the contents of policy in the process of learning. The task of the elaborating the project on a medieval town is suggested. The directions of pupils’ investigation are put forward in this article. So pupils define that period state, policy, values, the ways of struggle for rights, rules, customs and traditions, etc. on the basis of architectural buildings, works of art and other sources about a medieval town. In the process of doing the project, an axiological component of civic competence is formed, that is the value of a state for flourishing a town, the values of rights and freedoms for its inhabitants and at last, the rest of the value of the uniqueness of the Middle Ages.