ENABLING FUTURE TEACHERS OF PHYSICS TO APPLY INVARIANTS OF EDUCATIONAL AND COGNITIVE ACTIVITIES

Abstract

The article examines the concept of invariant which is presented as an indicative framework for teachers and students and describes a sequence of actions which reflect teacher's understanding of future activities. The author identifies a generalized invariant of students’ educational activity methods which corresponds to each element of knowledge: a) activity on knowledge creation; b) recognition of situations that correspond to knowledge; c) reproduction of situations that correspond to knowledge. The article also considers the hierarchy of invariant specialization levels in terms of teacher and students' work in the context of teaching physics notions. To aquire the skill to use educational invariants in their professional activity, future teachers of physics are supposed to do specially selected tasks which enable them to vary the acquired skills and abilities for a more profound learning. To achieve this, students should be provided with guidelines which help them unify educational process and create real situations that reflect their own learning activities. These guidelines are descriptions of invariants to train physics teachers and students. In addition, authorial system of future physics teachers' activities is invariant according to the criteria for evaluation and self-assessment of authorial system components work. Future teachers of physics' skill to use invariants of educational activities was acquired due to the fact that their professional training was based on the context approach which implements a dynamic model of students' educational activity: from their own educational activities (in the form of lectures) through quasi- professional (role and business games) and educational-professional (research work of students, pedagogical practice) to the professional activity of the teacher of physics.