KEY ASPECTS OF TEACHING OF ASTRONOMY COURSE IN A ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Abstract

In this article we discussed the features of the school course in astronomy, as the fundamental basis for the formation of a modern scientific picture of the world for students, in the context of the development of digital technologies. The results of an analysis of the current conditions for teaching astronomy at school are presented: not systematic; The theoretical content of the course is not large in volume; lack of teachers with special subject and methodological training. The problems of key performance indicators are identified: poor participation of schoolchildren in the subject Olympiad, low level of subject knowledge of students, stagnation in the development of specific issues in the teaching methodology of astronomy. At the same time, the authors highlight the methodological attractiveness of the school course in astronomy, its enormous potential in developing interest in scientific knowledge, satisfying natural teenage curiosity, interest in the unknown and as yet unexplained, associated with the possibility of variable presentation of material, active use of modern digital technologies.