FORMATION OF ENGINEERING THINKING OF PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN AS A GUIDELINE OF DIDACTIC TRAINING OF FUTURE MASTERS OF PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION

Abstract

In recent years, scientific journals emphasize the problem of quality training of future teachers in higher education in general and future masters of preschool education in particular. The results of the study of domestic and international experience convincingly prove that the professional training of future masters of preschool education should be based on teaching modern preschool children belonging to the generation of Alpha children, which are characterized by clip thinking, inability to concentrate, need to visualize information, value other information using digital technologies, etc. The article is devoted to the analysis of the theoretical foundations of didactic training of future masters of pre-school education on the formation of engineering thinking of pre-schoolers. The purpose of the article is a thorough theoretical and methodological analysis of the relevance of the process of didactic training of future educators of pre-school education in the master’s program as a guide to the formation of engineering thinking of preschoolers. The following theoretical research methods were used in the work: analysis, synthesis, comparison, generalization, theoretical methods related to the study of scientific literature, periodicals. The article offers substantiation of the problem of professional training of future masters of preschool education, relevance of engineering thinking of preschool children, highlights teaching methods and didactic tools aimed at training future masters of pre-school education in the educational process of higher education to form engineering thinking of pre-school children. The publication summarizes the goals and principles of application of the proposed methods and technologies, and offers a number of recommendations that, in our opinion, will improve the educational process of higher education institutions and the quality of training of future educators by introducing innovative forms and methods of teaching preschool children.