Компетентнісний підхід у формуванні культурологічної компетентності майбутніх учителів початкової школи

Abstract

On the basis of the State standard of elementary education the professional competence of elementary school teacher is characterized as the ability to organize the pedagogical process in elementary school on the basis of modern rules in the educational space; ability to effectively solve standard and problematic professional tasks that may arise in the training elementary school students. It is determined that for the effective life of a person in the modern world, as well for the professional activity of elementary school teachers, the ability to develop cultural competence is required. It is known that the main feature of the formation of cultural competence of future Ukrainian teachers is the ability to study and characterize Ukrainian culture, the ability to master the cultural experience of different peoples of the world, the ability to distinguish national values; in addition the ability to deal with cultural challenges in the course of future professional activity. An analysis of the curriculum of elementary school teacher preparation at the M . P . Dragomanov National Pedagogical University, the Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology was conducted. It should be noted that for the full and comprehensive formation of cultural competence of the future specialist it is necessary to create educational integrated courses, such as: «History of Arts», «History of Ukrainian Culture», «Formation of Cultural Competence» with humanitarian disciplines. It is noted that cultural competence is the primary ability of a future teacher who is able to understand culture as a holistic phenomenon. An important role is played by the competence approach through which cultural competence is formed on the basis of the development of skills to use competently the set of heritage inherited from humanity from previous generations; formation of integrative knowledge about culture as a whole system, affirmation of national, socio-cultural stability .