Development of a Сulture of Information and Communication with Children among Future Educators

Abstract

The relevance of the problem of using information and communication technologies in the educational process of higher education institutions as an effective means of learning in modern conditions is dictated by life itself. The system of passive transfer of knowledge from teachers to students in the past, and therefore, future specialists have to master quite a significant amount of educational material independently. To do this, they must use various sources of information to select reliable and up-to-date material. To develop the professional competencies of a future teacher, in particular, an educator, it is not enough just to get acquainted with the information. Students need to form a culture of working with information, which covers the development of skills and abilities for independent selection of information, its processing, successful application and transmission in various ways. It is these acquired skills that will be useful for future educators when they need to ensure the educational process in a preschool institution and convey the necessary information to preschool children. The purpose of the study is to reveal different views and approaches to the use of information and communication technologies in the professional training of future educators, in particular, for the development of their skills in working with various information and culture of communicating it to preschool children. The paper is based on the analysis of scientific and methodological studies related to the use of information and communication technologies, which are implemented at different stages and for different purposes during the professional training of future teachers in higher education institutions. The paper also provides an example of specially developed tasks that contribute to the development of information culture in students – future educators and the establishment of their culture of information delivery to ensure the development of preschool children, in particular, logical and mathematical. The material of the study can be useful for researchers who deal with the introduction of information and communication technologies in higher education and the development of information culture in future teachers; teachers of the speciality “Preschool education”; preschool teachers in the process of self-education and professional duties.