FUTURE TEACHER'S OF GEOGRAPHICAL DISCIPLINES FORMATION OF PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE IN THE MASTER'S PROGRAM (BASED ON THE EXPERIENCE OF POLTAVA V. G. KOROLENKO NATIONAL PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY)

Abstract

The relevance of training teachers of higher education institutions in the conditions of the master's degree is due to changes in the national regulatory framework aimed at harmonizing with the European higher education system and expanding the scope of employment of graduates of specialty 014 "Secondary Education". The article substantiates the expediency, reveals the content, analyzes the methods and experience of forming the professional competence of a future teacher in the process of studying the discipline "Methods of teaching geographical disciplines in higher education" on the example of training masters of the educational program "Secondary Education (Geography)" at the Poltava V. G. Korolenko National Pedagogical University.It is proposed to divide the content of the discipline into two content modules: 1. Features of the organization of the educational process in higher education institutions. Designing the content of geographical disciplines. 2. Technologies and methods of teaching in the system of professional geographical training in higher education institutions. In mastering the program content of the discipline, the leading role is given to the implementation of competence-based practical tasks and tasks for independent work.When conducting practical classes, it is advisable to use information and communication technologies, in particular digital tools for developing interactive learning content (mind maps, word clouds, infographics, presentations), while respecting the principle of academic freedom of students in the selection of various applications and online applications.The specificity of studying geographical disciplines is the use of geoservices, which equip the teacher with a new didactic tool - interactive maps. Interactive forms of learning (debates, discussions, master classes) are used to form an individual teaching style.Having analyzed the approaches to revealing the structure of the professional competence of a higher education teacher, it has been found that the functions of teaching over research dominate among the teachers of Ukrainian higher education institutions, so it is necessary to aim students, as future teachers of geographical disciplines, at self-improvement in the functional areas that are accepted in the European educational space: development of the profile of a scientist through strengthening scientific work and publication activity, the ability to attract external funding for research, to popularize their own.