Abstract
The urgency of the topic is due to the shortage of specialists in science-intensive and high-tech industries in the Ukrainian and world labor markets. It is emphasized that in the opinion of the world community the introduction of STEM education is a quick and effective way to solve the problem, but in the Ukrainian educational space, there is a problem of teacher training who is aware of his social responsibility and is able to achieve new pedagogical goals. The purpose of the work is to study and determine the ways of formation of STEM-competencies of natural education applicants. The paper considers the main directions of the strategy of building the educational process in order to implement the tasks of STEM-education and ways of forming STEM-competencies of natural education students, emphasizes the need to modernize scientific and methodological training of future teachers of natural education that provides for the change of traditional approaches to the organization of the educational process in institutions of higher pedagogical education to an innovative, radical revision of existing models of education, educational professional programs, methods of teaching. The stages of the introduction of the STEM-approach taking into account the sensitive periods of human development (“windows of opportunities”) are analyzed. The importance of interuniversity, regional and international contacts of teachers and students, regular exchange of experience at seminars, conferences and symposia, exchange of students, graduate students, teachers, implementation of joint projects, research programs are emphasized. Key words: STEM-education, STEM-competencies, natural education, soft skills, innovative learning technologies.
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