PROFESSIONAL TRAINING OF FUTURE PSYCHOLOGISTS FOR PSYCHOLOGY TEACHING IN GENERAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS (SCHOOLS)

Abstract

The problem stated is conditioned by the professional training of future physiologists for teaching psychology in general educational institutions according to the norms of new Federal Educational Standards of Higher Education regulating the formation of the professional competences which are demanded for a Bachelor’s Degree holder to teach psychology in school, spread psychological literacy among students, estimate educational processes in school using the up-today methods and innovative technologies in teaching. These days the problem of the impact of the applied disciplines to the professional training of future psychologists remains in demand though being not investigated deep enough. The paper presents the outlook of practical experience of professional training of students taking the Bachelor’s Degree Program in Psychology at the Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology of Nizhnevartovsk State University The author reveals the importance of the applied discipline “The Methods of Psychology Teaching in General Educational Institutions” and states the impact that the discipline provides to the professional training of future psychologists through pointing out the aims of the discipline the demands for the students’ results and achievements and the analysis of the discipline content and the teaching methods it requires. The article states the feasibility of integration of theoretical and practical training aspects while the discipline teaching that supposes planning the class activities in the way that provides the interrelation of theoretical knowledge and practical skills of the students. The approach stimulates students’ individual research work in the field of future profession, their individual development and ability to work out the information creatively.