PSYHOLOGICAL SUPPORT OF THE GROUP FORM ORGANIZATION OF THE PROJECT EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY AT HIGHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS

The article presents the model of organizing the group project activity of students, which is laid as the basis of the psychological support of the group form of the project education technology at higher educational establishments (HEE). The project education technology is a system of education, in which the students acquire knowledge and skills in the process of planning and implementation of practical tasks - projects that gradually become more complex, and which combines the algorithm of the project activity and the system of methods and tools that ensure its effective implementation. The group form of the educational project technology is its variety and is carried out in the form of joint training activities of small groups that provide the development by their participants of the common goal, a joint action program, the distribution of tasks and roles, the common result, and interaction. This model makes it possible by taking into account the social and psychological factors to create at each stage of the group project activities the favorable psychological conditions to improve their effectiveness. The model was tested in the psychological and educational research that proved the adequacy of the proposed measures to create the psychological conditions of the group project activities and allows recommending these measures for teachers-coordinators of projects of various disciplines.