MODEL OF FUTURE PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS PREPARATION FOR THE APPLICATION OF PROJECT TECHNOLOGY

Abstract

The article deals with the theoretically justified model of future primary school teachers preparation for the project technology application. The essence of the concept of «model» and modeling as a method of scientific knowledge is revealed. The author states that the model reproduces an object or a process in a simplified form, its properties, structure, relationship between certain elements. In the proposed investigation, the model is an idea of organizing the educational process, a clearly defined structure of interconnected, interdependent components of the training of future primary school teachers, which are focused on the application of project technology in professional activities. The article indicates the importance of modeling for conducting pedagogical researches. It was found that modeling significantly facilitates the research, as it focuses only on the main thing, without unnecessary detailing, without taking into account the secondary items. The author identifies the main components (blocks) of the preparation model of future primary school teachers for the usage of project technology (theoretical-conceptual, meaningful, procedural-activity, result-evaluation), the content of each of them is considered in detail. The theoretical block outlines the purpose and objectives of the future primary school teachers training for the project technology usage, identifying leading approaches (personality-oriented, competence, activity and contextual) and the learning principles of higher education applicants. The content block determines the content of future primary school teachers preparation for the application of project technology. The procedural-activity component reveals the main methods, tools and forms of future primary school teachers preparation for the usage of project technology. The result-evaluation block is aimed at determining the levels of readiness of future primary school teachers to apply the project technology by using certain criteria and indicators, it predicts the results of such training. The proposed model of future primary school teachers preparation for the application of project technology is recommended for implementation in the training of applicants for higher education on the specialty 013 «Primary Education» in pedagogical institutions of higher education.