СУТНІСНІ ХАРАКТЕРИСТИКИ ЦИФРОВОЇ КУЛЬТУРИ МАЙБУТНЬОГО ВЧИТЕЛЯ АНГЛІЙСЬКОЇ МОВИ ПОЧАТКОВОЇ ШКОЛИ

Abstract

The mass implementation of digital technologies in all the life spheres changes the demands to future teachers’ training who are responsible for preparing the young generation to interacting, communicating, learning, and generating new knowledge in innovative digital society. The article looks into the relevant issue of defining the content characteristics of digital culture of future primary school teachers of English. The relevance of the research is proved by the analysis of a number of official documents that are regulatory foundation of conducting scientific research of education system digital transformation. The issue of developing teachers’ digital culture is a subject of studying of domestic (O. Bazeliuk, V. Bykov, L. Havrilova, M. Zhaldak, M. Leshchenko and others) and foreign scientists (С. Bassett, J. Bushati, V. B. de S. Júnior, J. E. Hasmujaj, E. Lezha, E. Nonato, A. K. F.Nunes, F. S. C. Pimentel, G. Tuxhari and others). The purpose of the article is to define the content characteristics of the concept “digital culture of future primary school teacher of English” and to theoretically substantiate its structural units. Based on the analysis of domestic and foreign researches, the digital culture is determined as a system unity of future teachers’ personal qualities that is characterised by the awareness of information needs that encourage a person to search for information, perform action for its processing and using; knowledge, skills and practical experience to implement information and communication technologies and develop electronic educational resources while conducting professional activities; rules and norms of behaviour in digital environment. It is emphasised that the structural components of digital culture include the following units: digital literacy and behaviour in digital environment. The author concludes that the development of digital culture corresponds to the requirements of the evolution of digital society, taking into account the processes of reforming and modernising of education in Ukraine with the basis on the constant teacher’s self-development. Key words: digital culture, professional teacher training, digital literacy, professional self-development, behaviour in digital environment, information and communication technologies.