POSSIBILITIES FOR SENIOR PRESCHOOLERS’ TEAM BUILDING THROUGH PROJECT-BASED ACTIVITY
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https://doi.org/10.24234/miopap.v12i2.100Keywords:
senior preschoolers, team building, project-based activity, collaboration, common goal awareness.Abstract
The article discusses the possibilities for senior preschoolers’ team-building through project-based activity. Various approaches to team building, their psychological and pedagogical characteristics, and possibilities for forming preschoolers’ teams are analysed, and discussed. The goal of the article is to identify the possibilities for effective organisation of senior preschoolers’ team-building (ages 5–6) through project-based activity. Methodology: the study involves an analysis of professional literature related to the topic, as well as observations, surveys, and an experiment organised through project-based activities. At each stage of the project, senior preschoolers’ team-working skills were assessed. Results: The findings indicate that project-based activity contributes not only to the effective implementation of team building but also to the development of the child’s personality, the formation of responsibility and collaboration skills, decision-making abilities, and the awareness of a shared goal.
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