FACILITATIVE SKILLS OF A MODERN TEACHER: ESSENCE, STRUCTURE, PLACE IN THE SYSTEM OF PEDAGOGICAL FACILITATION

Abstract

The relevance of the research of the facilitation was indicated in the article and it was also established that this term is widely used in modern pedagogical and psychological literature, the modern interpretations of the concept of «facilitation» was considered. The scientific approaches to the definition of the terms «pedagogical facilitation» and «facilitation skills of the pedagogue» have been analyzed. The pedagogical facilitation was considered as a specific type of activity, which promotes the awareness of the personality of one’s own self-worth, self-development and self-perfection. It was found out that the pedagogical facilitation manifests itself in stimulating, initiating, encouraging the subjects of the educational process to independently search for answers to the question, and the conditions of its effectiveness were indicated. It has been established that the pedagogical skills of the teacher are the ability to organize the process of conscious learning and personal growth. It was noted, that the skills that should be possessed by the teacher-facilitator include: the ability to organize educational dialogue, as a facilitation of the processes of conscious learning and personal growth, the ability to listen to somebody carefully, to analyze and correct students’ actions, to promote the creation of effective behavior, to provide apositive attitude of psychological mood, act preventively, conceptually think and predict the results of their own pedagogical activity. It was revealed the importance of such pedagogical interaction that will make every student will feel accepted and heard. It has been established that the pedagogical orientation and flexible approach in the realization of the activity these are characteristic features of the teacher’s facultative skills. It has been found out that the formation of facilitation skills is possible if they work on themselves and their self-development. It was noted that this is due to the getting and bringing to the automatism of certain knowledge and skills.