DEVELOPMENT OF SOFT SKILLS OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS BY THE MEANS OF THEATRICALIZATION

Abstract

The article investigates the problem of forming "soft skills" of the students of primary education institutions by means of theatricalization based on the Concept of the New Ukrainian School (NUS). The general characteristics of theatricalization are given and it is defined as an artistic activity related to the perception of works of theatrical art and reproduction in a playful form of acquired ideas, impressions, feelings, one of the most effective means of pedagogical influence on the development of a child's personality. The effectiveness of theatricalization as a means of forming soft skills in elementary school students based on their psychological and pedagogical characteristics (emotional sensitivity to the events taking place, differentiation of emotional experiences and cognitive schemes for recognizing emotions; sensory coloring of perception, imagination, mental and physical activity; immediacy) and frankness in the expression of one's emotional experiences; formation of speech skills, verbal expression of emotions, active development of the vocabulary of emotions, etc.). A systematized toolkit of means of theatricalization in terms of the development of soft skills of primary school students was tested in practice. The main stages of theatricalization, as well as the development of soft skills in elementary school students by means of theatricalization are proposed, with the basic forms of their implementation in the practice of school education (preparatory and active implementation) being highlighted. A description of effective forms of theatrical art that ensure the development of soft skills is presented, including: collective viewings of plays, theatrical games, dramatization games, staging games, games on the themes of literary works, roleplaying games, director's games, production of plays, creation of mini-theaters, etc. Examples of the use of exercises with theatrical elements for the formation of "soft skills" in elementary school students are given. They include: "All About Me", "The Moment of Glory", "Butterflies", "Gloves", "New Year's Boots of St. Nicholas", "A picture of fear" and others. A conclusion was made about the perspective of using theatrical means for the development of soft skills in the "Child" program in the sections: "Child's personality", "Child's speech", "Child in society", "Child's play", "Child in sensory cognitive space" in the course "I explore the world" of elementary school.