ФОРМУВАННЯ КОМПЕТЕНТНОСТІ ВИХОВАТЕЛЯ ЗАКЛАДІВ ДОШКІЛЬНОЇ ОСВІТИ В ПРОЦЕСІ ПРОФЕСІЙНОЇ ПІДГОТОВКИ

Abstract

The article analyzes the peculiarities of vocational training of preschool education specialists, the main priority of which is the combination of personal and activity approaches. A modern institution of higher pedagogical education should train a student who will work with children of preschool age, actively participate in social life, create conditions for the development of a person who can not only assess the situation and adapt to social changes, but also think in an original and non-standard way and generate and implement ideas, develop ways of positive transformation, initiative and autonomy, and creativity.The etymology and meaning of the term “competence” have been clarified, which gives grounds to return in the interpretation of this definition to the European understanding of the most basic two meanings of the word: the legal and psychological ones, since nowadays there is no simple unambiguous interpretation on this issue.It was found out that the professional competence of the pre-school educator involves a combination of professional and personal qualities necessary for successful pedagogical activity. A professionally competent teacher is the one who carries out the pedagogical activity and pedagogical communication at high level, and achieves continuously high results in teaching and upbringing of preschoolers.The process of development of professional competence is characterized as a bloom of creative individuality, formation of susceptibility to pedagogical innovations, ability to adapt to changes in the pedagogical environment.It has been proved that the formation of the professional competence of the future teacher of pre-school establishments occurs during the study at an institution of higher pedagogical education. It is important to choose such an institution, which would train the teachers with the necessary luggage of competencies.The components of the professional competence, namely the key, basic and special ones, have been singled out.