PECULIARITIES OF INTRODUCTION OF DISTANCE COURSE “BASICS OF PEDAGOGICAL MASTERY” FOR PEDAGOGICAL SPECIALITY STUDENTS

Abstract

The implementation of the Law of Ukraine “On Higher Education” has caused an increase in the requirements on the quality of specialists professional training, which is the main criterion in the assessment of educational institutions functioning on the one hand and an increase of educational requirements on the labour market – on the other. The main goal of professional education is higher qualification specialists training, able to work effectively on the world standards, ready for constant professional development and expansion of educational services, to be aware of scientific information, and have a desire to study not only in Ukraine but abroad. At the present stage of social development, the preference is given to Lifelong Learning; the development of mobile, competitive, high-technological educational environment; the implementation of innovative educational technologies; distance teaching techniques optimization for achieving a high level of professional competences. Taking into consideration all above-mentioned factors, under current conditions, there is an increase in distance learning, which is realized in the framework of distance education and is the key component of updating processes in modern higher education institutions and serves as a powerful integration bridge between the world and native educational spaces. Scientific resources analysis and the researches in theory and practice of the issue, taking into account professional competencies, the content, aim, objectives, evaluation criteria, level of students training under the conditions of distance education, are introduced in this article. The basic functions, principles, forms, methods and means of students’ individual work control are determined in the process of distance learning course “The principles of pedagogical skills” in pedagogical education institutions.
 Keywords: teacher; student; pedagogical education institution; distance learning; the principles of pedagogical skills; distance learning course; forms and methods of distance learning; Moodle.