POTENTIAL OF PEDAGOGICAL DISCIPLINES IN THE FORMATION OF SPIRITUAL CULTURE OF FUTURE PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS

Abstract

"This article substantiates the formation of the spiritual culture of future primary school teachers as an urgent socio-pedagogical problem. The article presents the scientific views of domestic and foreign scientists on the formation of the spiritual culture of the future teacher. In addition, the authors reveal the potential of pedagogical disciplines, the study of which in different degrees is aimed at forming the spiritual culture of future primary school teachers in the higher education system. The authors of the article emphasize that the content of the disciplines «Introduction to the teaching profession», «Pedagogy», «History of pedagogy and education», «Fundamentals of pedagogical skills», «Ethnopedagogics» contributes to the development of personal qualities of teachers, professional duty and social responsibility in education of the younger generation. In this process, the role of the elective course «Fundamentals of the spiritual culture of primary school teachers» is determined. It also provides specific examples of realizing the potential of academic disciplines in the formation of the spiritual culture of future primary school teachers. As a result of the analysis of the content of pedagogical disciplines, the authors identified components that contribute to the development of the spiritual culture of future primary school teachers. Moreover, the authors of the article reveal the possibilities of using in the classroom such methods as strategies for critical thinking, dialogical learning, Case study technology, reflective techniques, creative tasks, active lectures. "