MEANS OF FORMING DIGITAL COMPETENCE OF FUTURE EDUCATORS

Abstract

Today’s challenges place high demands on teachers. There is a transition to the information and digital age. The active use of digital technologies in education contributes to the effectiveness of the educational process at all levels and the formation of professional competencies of future specialists. The formation of competences is inextricably linked with the informatization of education.A modern teacher must be able to quickly perceive and process information, be able to work with modern digital and technical means, use the latest online environments in professional activities.Personality development begins in childhood. Teachers-educators face a modern task ‒ the formation and development of such competencies of preschoolers that would contribute to the active socialization of the child.In the light of positive trends and existing problems, the preparation of students of vocational pre-university education institutions for professional activities deserves special attention. The success of the digitization of the economy and the social sphere, as well as the improvement of the quality of human life, depends on the confident and competent application of the digital competences formed by them in professional activities.In general, digital competence is considered as one of the key competences of a modern person for lifelong learning. The concept is new, therefore, both in the domestic and foreign scientific contexts, a unified approach to the definition of digital competence has not yet been formed.The article is devoted to an overview of the phenomena of “digital education”, “digital competence” and “digital literacy”; the article considers the means of forming the digital competence of future specialists of preschool education institutions.