ON THE ROLE OF DESIGNING IN SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL CREATIVITY OF CHILDREN - FUTURE ENGINEERS

Abstract

[For the English abstract and full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version)].ABSTRACT At the heart of the article is the thesis about the expediency of starting earlier not only the basics, but also many fundamental aspects of engineering design, literally from the preschool years, when a child first gets acquainted with the children’s construction sets, details of machines and mechanisms. Based on the experience of production of the domestic construction set AVToys, the authors of the journal created educational programs that allow them to conduct design lessons for children of different ages using mathematical logic and methods for programming model and game processes. Keywords: engineering design, training, children’s scientific and technical creativity, lessons, educational programs.