Educator’s innovative activity in the course of professional training

Abstract

The paper deals with modern education as a major factor of new quality formation of economy and society. The author analyses problems of education content change, problems of innovative technologies introduction in teaching and educational process. A teacher’s innovative activity as manifestation of his/her professional creativity is also studied. It is noted that professional training of a teacher is a continuous life-long process which defines a possibility of a person’s boundless development. It is shown that the process of professional training has some features, occurs in joint activity and communication. Theoretical and experimental researches in the field of a teacher’s innovative activity are analyzed, innovative development of the educational process is considered. The author emphasizes that today the majority of professional pedagogical public consists of teachers whose professional training began during industrial development of society, as well as teachers-trainees who quite recently passed a stage of vocational training. For this reason, possibilities of ensuring readiness of pedagogical personnel for innovative activity are considered at different stages of professional training. The author shows that understanding of theoretical knowledge and then obtaining practical experience allows to develop professional and pedagogical style of thinking, provide innovative updating of a teacher’s professional activity.