Article

Received 10.07.2025

Revised 31.10.2025

Accepted 23.12.2025

Published 02.01.2026

Retrieved from Vol. 28, No. 2, 2025

Pages 73 -82

Fedorenko, A., Bershadska, K., & Kapaieva, Yu. (2025). Formation of cross-cutting skills in primary school pupils within extracurricular educational institutions. Pedagogical Sciences, 28(2), 73-82. https://doi.org/10.33989/2524-2474.2025.2.73

Formation of cross-cutting skills in primary school pupils within extracurricular educational institutions

Andriy Fedorenko Kateryna Bershadska Yulia Kapaieva

Transversal skills are considered a key component in the development of the younger generation, which is confirmed by the provisions of international documents and national educational reforms in Ukraine. The need to form transversal skills in Ukrainian primary school pupils has become particularly relevant in the context of Ukraine’s integration into the European educational space. The aim of the study was to determine the criteria for assessing transversal skills of primary school pupils on the example of the Municipal Institution – Centre for Out-of-School Work of the Putyvl City Council and Konotop Lyceum No. 7 named after Hryhorii Hulianytskyi of the Konotop City Council of Sumy Region, and to analyse the results of monitoring the formation. The study applied a comprehensive methodological approach combining analysis of scientific sources, empirical study of the formation of transversal skills in primary school pupils and expert assessment of the level of these skills in pupils by teachers. Based on the analysis of scientific literature, the essence of the concept of “transversal skills” in the context of developing key competences of primary school pupils was clarified, and the importance of out-of-school education for forming these skills and the ability of primary school pupils to apply knowledge in practical situations was substantiated. On the basis of the results of the expert evaluation method conducted among primary school teachers and educators, the following five main criteria for assessing transversal skills of primary education pupils were determined: creativity, social and emotional development, communicative competence, critical thinking and application of knowledge in real-life situations. Examples of pedagogical practices that contribute to the formation of these skills were presented, as well as the conditions under which these practices are most effective for the development of primary school pupils were outlined. The study emphasised the importance of out-of-school education as a space for developing the competent personality of the primary school pupil. The practical significance of the study lies in the possibility of using the results by teachers of out-of-school educational institutions and primary school teachers for the further development of transversal skills of primary school pupils in out-of-school educational institutions 

creativity; critical thinking; out-of-school education; social and emotional development; digital literacy
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