Distance Education on the Basis of Innovative Technologies. Problems of the Primary School Teacher Training in Ukraine

Abstract

In the article, the authors analyze international experience of scientists, the Ukrainian realities and prospects for selection of expedient innovation tools. The purpose of such selection is to optimize distance education in the primary school teacher training in Ukraine on the basis of innovative technologies. The relevance of the topic is determined by a number of contradictions between the need for innovations in distance education and objective obstacles on the way to this. The purpose of the article is formulation of selection criteria, selection of the most urgent and most relevant accessible technologies and the theoretical substantiation of their application (on the example of teaching and learning the discipline “Mathematics”). The methodology involved includes the following methods: searching, sampling (according to relevance, effectiveness, regional features) and theoretical. Methods of modeling, generalization and forecasting were applied partly. The result of the work is substantiation of various types of innovative lectures as the best method of distance teaching and selection of specific technologies which (according to the didactic evidence) are the most effective. Also, the efficiency of the Moodle platform is described as the most universal access tool. Along with the literature review, fragments of discussion and comparison took place, which testified that the Ukrainian problem of innovative distance education belongs to the resource and psychological (stereotypes) area. International significance. The article is interesting for the reformers of education in developing countries and the scientists who follow the world tendencies in the education digitalization.