SPECIFICS OF PREPARING OF FUTURE PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS FOR THE PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY IN CONDITIONS OF INCLUSIVE EDUCATION

Abstract

Education reform in Ukraine is a necessary condition for the training of highly qualified specialists. This also applies to inclusive education. Modernization and renewal of the educational system of Ukraine is provided through the introduction of new technologies. It is the latest technologies that contribute to the quality training of primary school teachers. A special place in such training is the training of teachers who are able to work in an inclusive environment. The problem of working with children with abnormalities in physiological and physical development is relevant. Its relevance is explained by the fact that in Ukraine an increasing number of children with various disabilities are born. There are many reasons for this, but teachers need to prepare children for life, for professional realization. Their preparation requires specific methods and tools of teaching and education. Therefore, the aim of the study is to identify effective ways of quality training of future teachers to work in an inclusive environment. The following methods were used to study the readiness of future teachers to work in an inclusive environment: theoretical − synthesis, analysis, generalization; empirical - observations, conversations, questionnaires, testing, interviews, surveys, pedagogical experiment (ascertaining and formative); methods of mathematical statistics (Fisher’s F-test). The results of the study are to determine the specifics of the preparation of primary school teachers to work in an inclusive environment to develop ways to improve such training. The further directions of research: improvement of educational programs, development of modern techniques of the personal plan, developing scenarios of various games.