The article examines the place of socially significant projects in professional education, as well as their role in the development of professional and artistic competencies of future teachers of fine arts. The content of the concept of "socially significant project" and the requirements for it are revealed. The authors aim to identify the algorithm of project activities (stages of implementing a socially significant project), as well as to offer innovative methods for organizing students' project activities. The authors consider the types of projects in art education (social and pedagogical, cultural and educational, creation of art objects), give examples of socially significant projects. The article reveals the content of the concept of "project in art and design" understood as a pre-planned work or a series of works united by a common concept, embodying a certain idea and having a specific purpose (exposition, practical, functional, artistic and aesthetic, educational), the main shortcomings of student work are analyzed.

active learning methods, design project, project method, project activities, socially significant project.

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