PROJECTS AS A WAY OF DEVELOPING LEARNERS' COGNITIVE ABILITIES.

Participatory and cooperative pedagogies are relevant to all levels of education, as well as to all educational settings. Today one of the most important issues of education is the transfer of knowledge to life. From this point of view, the organization of works in the field of education through the project method is highly justified. Theoretical and practical issues are considered in the article. The goals of project learning, ways of implementation are analyzed. We have tried to classify project works with a certain logic formulate, the definition of educational project work, point out its features, specify the role and functions of the teacher. There is also justified the importance of project-based learning of the 21st century skills within the framework of standard requirements for students' compitence formation. An example of project work implemented in Balahovit secondary School is described in detail. The content, process and structure of the work are characterized. The main points and final results are also indicated. It is justified that as a educational technology, planned learning implies the integration of learner' psychological, pedagogical, subject and methodical knowledge. Conclusions: project-based learning contributes to the development of the ability to set cognitive goals and find alternative ways of their implementation, ensures the formation of information culture, the development of communication skills, flexibility, independence and uniqueness of thinking. The result of the implementation of the project method, which helps to identify the interrelations of the elements of the logic of scientific research, is the development of creative cognitive abilities.