Features of Meta-competences in Primary School Children

This article researches the problem of defining meta-competences for primary school-age children. It presents an analysis of the origin of the concept of meta-competences and a review of domestic and international researches in this area. Meta-competences are defined as competences determining individual efficiency, which facilitate the acquisition of other competences. The methods of research in accordance with the age characteristics of primary school-age children are substantiated. As the subject of empirical research we chose the characteristics of meta-competences in the context of emotional perception of primary school-age children through a child's understanding and orientation in the area of feelings and emotions. To diagnose it a complex of techniques was used including a methodology now being tested which diagnoses the meta-competency of primary school children. It reveals a significant relationship (the Pearson correlation) between emotional intelligence and the scale of «the ability to choose» and between the cognitive scale and the scale of emotional content.