Educational psychologist activity in terms of individualized learning

Abstract

The pedagogical community comes to the idea that a future specialist in the field of education and upbringing should have a set of psychological and pedagogical knowledge, skills, and also specific personal qualities values and readiness for self-education and self-development, capability of responsible choice of professional goals, creative and non-standard search for solutions to a large number of pedagogical tasks. Thus, an educational psychologist becomes one of the most important specialists in the modern education system. The article discusses the professional activity of an educational psychologist. The stages of formation of the educational psychologist profession are highlighted, legal acts are analyzed. The role of an educational psychologist in the conditions of modernization of education is considered. It is proved that tutor competence is necessary for the successful professional activity of an educational psychologist in the process of individualization and personalization of education. The definition of the tutor competence of an educational psychologist is given as personality traits that integrates knowledge of methods for diagnosing individual characteristics of a student, methods of motivation and stimulation, development of skills for optimal selection of individual education trajectories in an open educational space for the purpose of professional, life and personal self-determination.