Advanced training peculiarities of physical education teachers in quarantine terms

Abstract

The global pandemic and forced self-isolation have become significant factors in the rapid restructuring of training at all levels of education, and postgraduate in particular. They have caused not only the reformatting of the content, forms and methods of the advanced training system, but also mastering of tools and technologies of distance learning as the main way of communication between the educational process subjects. The article analyzes the contemporary tendencies in organization of the advanced training process of physical education teachers based on introduction of distance learning technologies. Improving the advanced training system of physical education teachers comprises the use of their multilevel preparation, which consists of continuous self-educational activity (first level); regular participation in organized forms of advanced training (advanced training and internship courses) (second level); analytical, scientific, and practical activity (third level). Self-educational activity includes acquaintance with online tools for distance learning organization and their use in practice. «Methodical materials» prepared by the Committee of Physical Education and Sports of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine for physical education teachers, the implementation purpose of which is to diversify motor leisure in quarantine terms; informational content of the YouTube channel «Junior Z» in the framework of the All- Ukrainian project «Physical Culture of the Future»; the project of the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine «Digital Physical Education for schoolchildren with the participation of sports stars» are among them. The example of organized form of advanced training of physical education teachers is given based on the experience of Lesya Ukrainka Eastern European National University in the sphere of postgraduate education and continuous pedagogical education. In particular, the curriculum and organization peculiarities of the distance advanced training course for physical education teachers in quarantine terms are characterized. By conducting distance learning courses in such a way, teachers' behavior is modelled when they need to organize distance learning support for students in their schools. Within the framework of continuous education, physical education teachers should improve their qualification not only in their professional specialization field, but also in the sphere of information and communication technologies.