EXPERT APPROACH TO DEVELOPING THE BUSINESS SKILLS IN PUPILS OF 5-8 GRADES BY MEANS OF THE SUBJECT “TECHNOLOGY”

Abstract

The article considers the existing contradiction between the needs of the state in increasing the number of citizens engaged in entrepreneurial activities, and teachers work on development of basic entrepreneurial skills among students of secondary schools by the means of the subject “Technology”. Taking into account the expert experience in the area of entrepreneurship, the paper defines three main skills which are necessary for the pupil in order to run business. They include a skill to define the prices for goods, a skill to provide services or perform activities; a skill in the development of network technology of performing work or services; a skill in selecting the best instruments. The article suggests changing the methods applied at the lessons on “Technology” in order to build the skills mentioned above and developing pupils. The author supposes, studying any technological process should start with defining the price for prospective “commodity” as a goal of all the technological process. When pupils clarify the final goal they understand the necessity of applying industrial technologies as the fastest mean to achieve the goal and necessity of applying operating tools for technological process automatization. The author suggests the visual academic method as an auction with a price increase, and the peculiarities of its organization. The publication describes the developed “Guidelines on conducting classes on “Technology for pupils of 5-8 grades” which contains network diagrams and describes the technology of goods production and services that are studied by students in the framework of the subject “Technology”. The subject implies specific cost each operation in the overall cost of the final product, goods or services. The author explains the methods of organizing and conducting educational auctions.