DEFINING THE SYSTEM OF TEACHER TRAINING IN THE SCIENTIFIC SPACE OF UKRAINE AND THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND

Abstract

The proposed article deals with the problem of the development of the teacher training system in postgraduate education in Ukraine and the Republic of Poland. The goals of the educational process of improving the skills of teachers at the present stage of development of these countries are described. The possibilities of implementation of the positive experience of professional improvement of Polish teachers are outlined. The author focuses on the importance of defining the system of professional development of teachers as one of the links of continuing education of professionals, which makes a significant contribution to the economy of any state.In particular, the meaningful analysis of the concept of «advanced training» proves that this term in the domestic scientific literature is often identified with the bringing of pedagogical knowledge, skills and competences in the line with the requirements for the modernization of the education system. The wider meaning is the definition of the professional development of specialists as a calling to implement the principle of «continuous education» as an integral part of the overall system of continuous education of the individual, which allows the teacher to improve his professional level throughout the period of teaching activity. According to the normative documents the concept of «advanced training» is defined as increasing the level of readiness of a person to perform his professional tasks and responsibilities or gaining the ability to perform additional tasks and responsibilities by acquiring new knowledge and skills within the professional activity or field of knowledge.The generalization of modern scientific views on teacher training as a pedagogical system leads to understanding of it as an organized object that manages the process of transfer and mastering advanced pedagogical experience, interaction between different interconnected structural components (out-of-school and school level), united by one educational goal of the development of the individuality and personality of the teacher; as a complex continuous variable management system that solves the educational and educational tasks of professional development of teachers, with the help of which pedagogical goals are achieved, namely the bringing of pedagogical knowledge, skills and competencies of specialists in accordance with the needs and requirements of the modern society.Polish researchers single out other approaches to defining the professional development of teachers in postgraduate education and use the term «the system of professional improvement of teachers». The definition of «the system of professional improvement of teachers» in the Polish version is close to the concept of «postgraduate education» in the Ukrainian scientific space, that is the specialized improvement of education and professional training of a person by deepening, expanding and updating of his knowledge, skills and abilities on the basis of the previously acquired higher education (specialty) or vocational education (profession) and practical experience.Thus, in the scientific space of Ukraine and the Republic of Poland, the concept of «a teacher training system» is considered quite widely in different contexts: the continuous process, the result of the educational process, the set of structural components, etc. The analysis of the author’s definitions proved that, due to its multidimensional nature, the vision of the concept of «teacher training system» will be constantly changing under the influence of social processes, which in future will require further consideration and clarification.