School clubs technical creativity are popular among students. They are especially attractive for children from extended-day groups, because they represent an opportunity not only to occupy their free time, but found it to his liking, consider the simplest labor operations, to develop skills in design and innovation. For seven years, from IV to X of class, the young spend in engineering circles as a total of two thousand hours, which is five times greater than in the classroom work. This, of course, brings its own results. Nevertheless, we believe that the technical work of the organization, particularly for children from extended-day groups, can be improved.

Our school is addressing this problem for over 15 years. We began with studies of isolated circles and came to the creation of artistic and technical associations. Here's how it was.

At the time, we extended day student groups developed a process for making models of space technology of polystyrene. These different crafts kids fantasy, elegance, versatility.

I must say that our school is the most common and she was acquainted with the financial difficulties, and lack of facilities, and lack of tools and equipment. Some advantage was just what the head of the circle was a specialist in automation, modeled, painted a little and knew the basics of electronics. While this was enough to make the product a success of his pupils, and remained trudnodosyagaemym model for other schools. But over time, the competitions began to appear more sophisticated exhibits, we are increasingly gave way to the championship. Thus ended the first step in modeling school. Organization of technical creativity, in which a manager wanted to do the work of young technicians versatile, multifaceted, and their products are competitive, has exhausted its possibilities.

For many years, training of young technicians in the country and in our school was very stable and small enough to list: shipbuilding, automobile, model aircraft. Often these were models of the original. They have not been particularly complex, it was easy to ispolpyat. But the situation changed. The objective world surrounding man expands, the complexity of most of its new components, not to mention the microprocessors has increased. Play in the models of new features with the traditional organization of technical work has become impossible. Scattered circles, acting without communication with each other, could not be included in the study of both the elements of modeling, automation, electronics design. The works of young technicians did not extend beyond the simplest.

Has emerged a new concept: to bring the technical creativity with the requirements of scientific and technological progress, schools should combine several of divers circles. It eventually failed.

In the 70's. in a school operated two small circles on the automation and electronics engineers under the direction of the underlying businesses, the circle of artists in the study of drawing and modeling of outer circle, in which students are actively engaged in day-care groups. Four head circles began to exchange information, ideas, help each other, and then decided to come together to jointly create a sophisticated automatic devices, competitive exhibition and competitive exhibits. Working together has brought a new quality circles in the technical work of the guys gave him the scope and breadth, especially in the school has 1,300 students were engaged and had five teams with a prolonged day.

Gradually came the ability to cooperate different creative groups of schoolchildren. For example, after a conversation about space travel by young artists invited his friends - young technicians drawings of space ships, made a fascinating project. Young technology immediately started to build working models. Then it connected to the electronics.

In the circle on electronics first job was a flip-flop - a device that induces flashing light bulbs. Made multivibrators accumulated in the closet without further application. But a circle of space modeling multivibrators can be applied to simulate the light of the jet engines. Electronics are readily transferred their products patternmaker, began to take orders and to develop more sophisticated electronic devices. Thus began a joint activity, which subsequently proved to be extremely fruitful.

Gradually, there was an orderly system of interaction. Modeling, automation, electronics, design is not only neighbors, but also interpenetrate each other, filling the new content model of technology of the future. The narrow professionalism that prevailed | closed circles, narrowed polytechnic training of students. Now, the leaders began to send students from the circle of the circle on the training that they mastered the "related profession)!. This expanded and "outlook, increased interest in creativity.

There were other forms of cooperation. Started, for example, establish temporary teams of representatives from several creative groups, ie, flexible, dynamic mikrokollektivy aimed at fulfilling specific tasks. With the development of collective forms of work in the minds of the children were approved by mutual help and mutual aid, caring not only about their personal successes, but also the works of his comrades.

The school was established artistic and technical association. Now it has a design office, Arts Council, Department of Information, the group of young technicians of interest, as well as a special section of artists.

In association unified guidance, the general plan. It provides a clear and coherent work circles. To create models of working together all the creative teams and all are responsible for the outcome. As a result, increased labor discipline, mutual responsibility, has become the norm defect-free products. We see how all this is close to the problems of modern production.

In hudozhestaenno technical merger, new versatile all-round development of personality. It is easier to observe and support the talent that appears at the junction of two or more professions. At the same time, the work of designers, patternmaker, mechanics, electricians, electronic engineers, artists, closer in nature that is so necessary to modern production.

The organization of artistic and technical association has led to the creation of specialized laboratories equipped with modern machinery and appliances. Increased the value of each hour sessions. Basic company has long worked with young technicians, offering them the orders for product development, does not skimp on the tools, materials and equipment. This allowed us for the third time to re-equip and improve the workplace. In the laboratory and in the workshops came to design. When painting walls, floors, windows, benches, equipment, school artists have achieved an optimal combination of col-comrade-friendly colors. The elements of aesthetics and art in the environment, and educational work have increased the attractiveness of creative work.

Circles work in the first and second shift. Therefore, extended-day groups of students come to study at any time convenient to them. For kids grades IV-VI, dealing in circles of space simulation, we have developed three programs, respectively, each of adolescence. Each of them is a separate guidance documents, and at the same time, continuing the previous one, providing continuity in the technical training and development of children. 82

In the first year of vehicles involved in the young, 2 times a week for 2 h in the second year - also 2 times a week, but already at 3 h and in the third year - three times a week for 3 hours Students extended-day groups may engage in technical creativity on request almost every day.

By the end of the third year of study models projected students already meet the all-Union and international standards.

The leaders of the circles from the first lessons in the children patiently develop accuracy, the desire for clean machining. If the first and second works are imitative in nature, in the design of future young technology start to make changes, try to consciously move away from stereotypes. With each new assignment, aesthetically older, they often exhibit self-control, carefully compare their product with the samples are dissatisfied with their work. In the V class, the guys have clearly represent the quality criteria, and VI are beginning to perceive the qualitative work as a creative expression.

From the beginning we wanted to ensure that the products of schoolchildren were useful practical, oriented to the production of souvenir mugs, games, exhibits, visual aids, teaching aids. On some models the design of toys, young technology soon moved on to the development of open complexes of the type of systems to a set of elements to create complex compositions, up to the lunar raketodroma. Of great interest is the guys are always designing unmanned space station and landing modules.

Of course, manufactured in the circles of the exhibits are still toys, and management of entertainment, recreation. But at the same time, they - are important sources of information that introduces children to science, especially with space and astronomy.

G. Bardash, school teacher Taganrog, Rostov region, the honored teacher of the school of the RSFSR

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