Зміст практичної педагогічної підготовки у закладах вищої освіти України та США: компаративний аналіз

Abstract

The article is devoted to the problems of the practical teachers' training organization of future experts on teaching specializations. At the present period in the development of higher education pedagogy a lot of works of scholars and practitioners are devoted to the problems of teaching practice, such as: its role in the formation of prospective teacher's personality, the history of its development in the system of pedagogical education, the structure and content of the practical teachers' training, ways of its improving and take into account foreign experience in its organization. But the question of the practical training optimization of future experts and redistribution of time between the theoretical and practical training in favor of the second remains relevant. Organizational and methodological fundamentals of the teaching practice in higher education establishments are analyzed. Its role in the system of professional development of future teacher is revealed. The structure and content of teaching practice, the experience of its implementation over the last 50 years, the changes having taken place in the current conditions of pedagogical higher education transformation into the two- tier education system (the first (Bachelor) level and the second (Master) level) are analyzed. Characteristics of the teaching practice organization at higher education institutions of the USA and its structure and content are emphasized The experience of Professional Development Schools of future experts as a new model of the teachers' training in the context of pedagogical higher education reformation is provided.