Профессиональная компетентность педагогов начальной школы, реализующих программы шахматного образования

Abstract

The paper aims to substantiate the need to define primary school teachers’ professional competence in order to improve the quality of chess education. The paper analyses various definitions of professional competence and its components, the particularities of chess education implementation in primary schools, the requirements for teachers, the experience of research and methodological support of teachers of universal chess education. Scientific novelty lies in shedding light on the content of the concept “professional competence of primary school teachers implementing chess education programmes” and identifying the component composition of the professional competence of primary school teachers implementing chess education programmes. As a result, the author has defined the professional competence of primary school teachers implementing chess education programmes and has identified its constituent components.