Extra-curricular activities: what is it for?

The school’s first priority is to provide an averagethe level of education. Whatever the curriculum, the student is required to obtain basic knowledge in certain subjects of the state. But the main goal of education is the education of a harmonious member of society. Therefore, in addition to the training, the school also performs educational and developmental functions. Experienced teachers know that achieving this goal is impossible without combining the educational process with a program of extracurricular activities.

Extracurricular event has a number of features.It is conducted in a more free form than a lesson. Although his teacher is leading (especially if it is extracurricular activities in elementary school), students are given more autonomy. Outside the lesson, children can be more creative and develop thinking, learn teamwork and group work. The teaching function in extracurricular activities plays a secondary role, even if the event is aimed at in-depth study of a particular subject. Much more important in the organization of extracurricular activities is the ability of students to put into practice the theoretical knowledge gained in the classroom. This contributes to the development of interest in the studied subject. No less significant is the expansion of the outlook and the improvement of the cultural level of schoolchildren, the cultivation of a sense of respect for each other, for traditions and customs. These goals are priorities in the preparation of extracurricular activities.

Depending on the goals and objectivesThe teacher selects the form in which the extracurricular event is held, and determines its content. This may be a quiz, KVN, sports and intellectual contests, costume production, tea party. The form of extracurricular activities provides great opportunities to attract parents and other adults, for contact between schoolchildren of different ages. Such an activity can be held in vacations, in nature, on excursions.

Competently organized extracurricular eventit becomes for schoolchildren not an additional burden, but a welcome holiday, an opportunity to prove oneself. Such activities strengthen the team, help to form students' leadership skills and the ability to communicate. A special emotional state arising from schoolchildren in such classes significantly increases the effectiveness of their activities and improves the assimilation of knowledge. Therefore, for example, to consolidate particularly complex grammar rules, it makes sense to organize extracurricular activities in the Russian language. Physics, chemistry, mathematics, history, geography, biology - any subject will seem to students easy and interesting with the right combination of curriculum and extracurricular activities.

Subjects of extracurricular activities should not always belinked directly to learning. They can devote to the study of the history of their city, a healthy lifestyle, respect for the rules of the road. Often, an extracurricular career counseling event plays a significant role in the choice of this or that profession by high school students. Both teachers and parents of schoolchildren should remember the strength of the educational impact of extracurricular activities and pay attention to them no less than the traditional lessons.