Pedagogical conditions for forming and developing the competence of self-education and self-improvement of teachers

Abstract

The article reveals and substantiates the pedagogical conditions for the formation of the competence of self-education and self-improvement of teachers in the educational space of postgraduate education institutions. The main research methods are theoretical and systemic analysis; systematization of information on the problem of the formation and development of the competence of self-education and self-improvement in the system of postgraduate education. The essence of the concept of "competence of self-education and self-improvement" of a teacher of higher education is revealed. It is proposed to consider the designated concept as the readiness and ability of an individual to carry out effective independently cognitive creative activity within a certain professional sphere due to the formation of self-learning knowledge and skills of self-educational activity. The article analyzes the experience of its formation among teachers during their training in the system of postgraduate education. An important pedagogical condition for the implementation of the process of formation and development of the competence of self-education and self-improvement of teachers is the willingness of scientific and pedagogical workers of the institution of postgraduate education to stimulate the applicant for education to self-education and self-improvement, which contributes to the development of his personality, the ability for independent personal and professional development in the future. It is stated that the second pedagogical condition is the provision of self-education and self-improvement of the teacher in the process of mastering the content of the advanced training course on the basis of the institution of postgraduate education. It was established by means of a survey of students of advanced training courses and interviews with scientific and pedagogical workers of IATPS NUPh that the specified pedagogical conditions for the formation and development of the competence of self-education and self-improvement of teachers provide for the creation of a stimulating educational environment, contributes to the inclusion of both teachers and applicants for the institution of postgraduate education in the process of creative activity and stimulates the development of their professional and personal qualities.