ПРОФЕСІЙНА ПІДГОТОВКА МАЙБУТНІХ УЧИТЕЛІВ ПОЧАТКОВОЇ ОСВІТИ В УНІВЕРСИТЕТАХ ЧЕСЬКОЇ РЕСПУБЛІКИ

Abstract

The article examines some aspects of the professional training of the future primary school teachers in the universities of the Czech Republic. It is determined that in the 1990-s the reform of education began, which included modernization of the professional training of the future primary school teachers. It is generalized that from the point of view of professional pedagogical preparation, the reorganization was aimed at eliminating the unified approach to teachers training. It is found out that in the late 1990-s in the Czech Republic, the processes of modernizing of professional training of the future primary school teachers were implemented at 9 pedagogical faculties of universities.It is mentioned that at the beginning of the XXI century the Bologna process became the major impetus to the beginning of educational transformations for the institutions of higher education in the Czech Republic. In Czechia, due to the requirement of the Berlin Communique on the introduction of the two-staged system of higher education at the pedagogical faculties of universities began to be carried out already since 2003/2004 academic year.The legal framework of the Czech Republic has been analyzed in the article. It is emphasized that the Law “On Pedagogical Workers” establishes the requirement to the teacher of primary education to have a master’s degree of higher education.The analysis showed that, in addition to the partial reorganization in the education system, the complete modification of the curricula for the training of future primary school teachers has been conducted. It is found out that the curriculum consists of five components: general educational, subject (academic), subject didactic, pedagogical-psychological and specialization.It is noted that the process of professional training of the future teacher of primary education is clearly structured. The total proportion of compulsory disciplines, disciplines by choice of the student and optional subjects is as following: 50:40:10. The attention is drawn to the fact that universities use the combined master’s program with the duration of 5 years of training, according to which 300 credits are allocated for the study of all disciplines in accordance with the curriculum.