Future Elementary School Teachers Research Articles

Areas of modernization of preparation of future elementary school teachers in the countries of the European community

The article describes the directions of modernization of preparation of future elementary school teachers in the countries of the European Community, analyzes the normative documents, which reflect the basic requirements for professional pedagogical training. The ways of standardization of elementary school teachers training in pedagogical colleges at the pedagogical faculties of universities are distinguished: national standard of qualified teacher, national curriculum, criteria for professional and pedagogical readiness of the university graduates are defined and reflected in their qualification characteristics. Psychological-pedagogical component, which includes a cycle of psycho-pedagogical disciplines, is recognized as a priority in the professional training of teachers. A characteristic feature of professional pedagogical training is two-phase – academic and practical training, two-stage system of training: at the level of bachelor and master. The tendency to reduce the number of pedagogical colleges and their accession to universities is indicated. The integration of pedagogical education of the countries of the European Community is characterized and the principles of development of the European educational space are named. Four paradigms that coexist in the educational systems of European countries are distinguished: academic-traditional, technological, individual, and research-oriented. The role of pedagogical practice in the system of preparation of future primary school teachers in the countries of Europe is characterized, its types and duration are distinguished.

Инструменты и приемы организации дистанционной педагогической практики будущих учителей начальных классов

The research objective is as follows: to develop pedagogical tools for organizing distance pedagogical practice of students in the fields of training 44.03.01 and 44.03.05 “Pedagogical Education”. The article describes results of a searching experiment, summarizes the authors’ experience of using open educational resources and web tools. Scientific originality of the study involves developing methodology of using open educational resources and web tools in students’ lesson planning process. The searching experiment results justify efficiency of the suggested methodology to organize distance pedagogical practice of students - future elementary school teachers. The problems arising during the process are revealed and possible solutions are suggested.

Use of the video problem book in preparation of future teachers

The subject of this research is the development of professional competencies of future elementary school teachers in the process of using video problem book (based on the material of math classes). The article discusses different methods of using video materials in preparation of students. An overview of foreign research on the topic is provided. It is noted that currently the methods of using video content are not sufficiently covered in the literature. The questions of which video fragments are better to use, how to include them into the educational process, what particular tasks they pursue, etc. remain unanswered. The article describes the experience of using video problem book as technique of teaching math to students, as well as future elementary school teachers. The author analyzes the work with the video problem book, an essential element of which is the use of “stop motion” technique in a problematic spots of the lesson. The article also presents the results of comparative research of academic performance of the groups of students: an experimental group that used video problem book, and a control group that that did not use video problem book in the educational process. The author picked the following competencies: diagnostic competence of the teacher, ability to make pedagogical decisions, and reflexivity. The implementation of video problem book in the educational process develops in students and future elementary school teacher the skills to make deliberate decisions in different learning situations.

Propuesta metodológica para la implementación de herramientas de gamificación en la formación de Maestros de Primaria

Numerous studies have confirmed that gamification develops favorable scenarios for student learning by encouraging student involvement and promoting a more active role. Starting from this premise, in this article we describe an experience we developed with first-grade teacher- training students to find a learning environment that will encourage student involvement in the construction of learning in a challenging and stimulating way. Other aims of this experience are to enable students to face awkward situations responsibly, work on their social and communica- tion skills, and employ critical, creative and contextualized thinking. To evaluate the success of this experience, after its implementation we analyzed the results by comparing responses from parti- cipating students with those from a group from the same Degree and university who employed a different methodology. To gather information, we administered an internationally validated survey – the Student Engagement Questionnaire – and corroborated its validity and reliability with the participants of our study. Our main results are that this methodological experience based on gami- fication promoted a motivating teaching-learning environment, encouraged significant interaction between teachers and students, promoted self-managed learning, interpersonal and communicative skills, and developed student adaptability, while also creating a playful and dynamic atmosphere. We therefore conclude that proper planning and gamification development help to create environ- ments that enrich learning at the university level, improve the management of knowledge and trai- ning content, and develop important transversal skills for the training of future Elementary School teachers.

Non-cognitive factors in the development of combinatorial thinking in future elementary school teachers

The article describes the study of the effectiveness of methodological techniques used in classes with students training to become teachers of mathematics in elementary schools in accordance with the methods of teaching mathematics to elementary school students. The methods proposed by the authors activate the mutual connection between logical thinking and several non-cognitive abilities of students. This reciprocal relationship is seen as a means to diagnose and develop students’ combinatorial abilities. The study uses testing methods with subsequent mathematical processing. The non-cognitive factors (level of general cultural development, general humanitarian training, features of the micro-environment, as well as the level of general psychosocial development, etc.) are assessed through the methods of academic success diagnostics, expert assessment of the level of general cultural development, and assessment of the level of psychosocial development. The obtained data were compared with the level of development of students’ logical thinking determined through the Raven test. The formative stage deployed original methodological methods allowing to stimulate students’ interest in composing textual mathematical tasks. The proposed methodological solutions to the problems of diagnosing and developing combinatorial thinking understood as a combination of logical thinking and several non-cognitive factors in future teachers show themselves effective. The proposed hypothesis is that composing textual mathematical tasks for elementary school students is an effective means of developing combinatorial abilities in students. The main conditions stimulating the effectiveness of non-cognitive factors are the increase in the level of an individual’s general cultural development, the expansion of their outlook, and the development of knowledge base, the creation of the “right” atmosphere for creativity, and stimulation of metaphorical thinking in the learning process.

Develop imitation skills for future elementary school teachers

Develop imitation skills for future elementary school teachers

Ways to implement professionally focused content of the pedagogical and legal training of the future elementary school teachers

Ways to implement professionally focused content of the pedagogical and legal training of the future elementary school teachers

Aesthetotherapeutic Ways of the Formation of the Worldview Culture in Future Primary School Teachers

The article deals with the problem of the formation of the worldview culture of the carriers of Good, Beauty and Truth, namely primary school teachers. According to the author, the elementary school teacher is the first professional person, who has an opportunity to provide the younger generation with the knowledge about the contemporary picture of the world, shaping their readiness for changes and effective solution of different life situations. The problem of forming the worldview culture of future educators has been the subject of researches conducted by a number of scholars in different scientific fields. Most educators defined this term as the content of the views and beliefs of an individual, his or her social attitudes and moral principles of behavior. In the article the role of innovative psychological-pedagogical and spiritual-therapeutic educational practice – aesthetotherapy, which allows opening a person’s interests and aspirations to ideals in their worldview value – has been actualized. The author covers the experience of aesthetotherapeutic preparation of future elementary school teachers in the context of forming a worldview culture. Such professional education is carried out in the form of working out a number of professionally-oriented games and exercises, in particular: art-technique (“Self-portrait”), phototherapeutic exercise (“Way of life” and “Working with polarities”), “Creating a fairy tale” technique, methods of derephlexia, etc.

Экспериментальная работа по формированию профессиональных компетенций будущего учителя начальных классов при изучении разделов высшей математики

The paper aims to justify reasonability of introducing higher mathematics elements in the course of elementary mathematics teaching methods for bachelor students. The article examines difficulties of compiling the course “Theory and Technologies of Elementary Mathematical Education” for bachelor students of “Pedagogical Education” training area (profile “Elementary Education”). Scientific originality of the study lies in the fact that the authors reveal the usage of higher mathematics elements in cultural-historical and applied aspects of training future elementary school teachers. The research findings are as follows: the authors justify possibilities of high-quality formation of elementary school teachers’ professional competences.

ПЕДАГОГІЧНІ УМОВИ ПІДГОТОВКИ МАЙБУТНІХ УЧИТЕЛІВ ПОЧАТКОВОЇ ШКОЛИ ЗАСОБАМИ ХМАРНИХ СЕРВІСІВ У ЗАКЛАДАХ ВИЩОЇ ОСВІТИ

Due to the introduction of information technologies into education, new opportunities have emerged for the individualization and differentiation of the educational process, focused on the development of critical thinking and effective organization of cognitive activities in students. Special attention should be paid to information and communication technologies as one of the effective means for interactive learning. The article considers the pedagogical conditions of training the future elementary school teachers through cloud technologies. Cloud technologies are considered as data processing technologies in which computer resources are provided to the Internet user as on-line services. One of the ways to ensure the effectiveness of e-learning is producing and application of e-learning resources developed on the basis of up-to-date information and communication technologies posted on educational servers or other file servers of the global Internet, with the possibility of permanent remote access to the data. The article presents an experimental verification, in accordance with the proposed pedagogical conditions, the effectiveness of cloud technologies in the training future elementary school teachers. We state that as a result of the application of cloud technologies in the educational process of higher educational institutions, the level of the students’ knowledge has improved. The application of these technologies and methods qualitatively changes the educational process, provides, intensifies educational activities of future elementary school teachers, provides the necessary conditions for self-development and the ability to continuously develop professional knowledge and apply it in their future profession. Cloud technologies open a free access to their stored materials and documents; application of video and audio files directly from the Internet (without additional downloading to the computer); conducting on-line lessons, trainings, round tables; new opportunities for research organization, project activities; organization of on-line lessons, webinars, integrated practical classes, laboratory work; on-line communication with students of other educational institutions of Ukraine and other countries.

Problemas socioambientales y educación ambiental. El cambio climático desde la perspectiva de los futuros maestros de educación primaria

El cambio climático ha cobrado gran relevancia en los últimos años a nivel mundial. Estaproblemática socioambiental ha reactivado la política ambiental tras el movimiento “Viernespara el futuro”, liderado por la activista Greta Thunberg y puso de manifiesto la relevanciaque tiene la temática. El objetivo de esta investigación fue conocer las concepciones delos futuros maestros de educación primaria acerca del cambio climático y la necesidadde su tratamiento en las escuelas. Se realizó un estudio descriptivo-exploratorio en el queparticiparon 261 maestros y maestras en formación inicial del Grado de Educación Primariade la Universidad de Sevilla (España). Los datos se recogieron a través de un cuestionarioestructurado de 11 preguntas. Los resultados destacan que la noción de cambio climáticose asocia con extinción y destrucción, así como también se evidencia un reconocimientomayoritario de la causalidad humana en el origen del problema y una necesidad inminentede abordarlo educativamente desde las aulas escolares.

ПІДГОТОВКА МАЙБУТНІХ УЧИТЕЛІВ ДО ФОРМУВАННЯ СІМЕЙНИХ ЦІННОСТЕЙ В УЧНІВ ПОЧАТКОВОЇ ШКОЛИ

The problem of preparation of future teachers is forming of the family values for the students of the elementary school is exposed in the article. Concepts of family values that concern a structure, function, role, looks and ideals of family are values that come forward as orientation basis and simultaneously by the criterion of evaluation of reality and choice of corresponding act, action of human), "professional readiness to pedagogical activity", "readiness to the pedagogical process", "forming of domestic values for the students of elementary school" (integral education that presents system property of all personality of child characteristics, the ability to keep and optimally recreate, to develop themselves not only, the life, operate successfully in different vital situations, settle vital issues but also help all family members), component in the structure of concept "readiness future teacher of elementary school to forming family values for student": cognitive, emotionally valueable, the students of initial school have components of the attitude, criteria and indexes of readiness of future teachers to forming of the family values, levels of readiness of future teachers of elementary school to the marked activity (high, middle, subzero). The optimal pedagogical terms of preparation of future teachers of elementary school are certain to forming of domestic values for the students of midchildhood: organizational methodical preparation of students on education issues is the studying of pedagogical disciplines, passing of pedagogical during studies and certain preparation of students to forming of domestic values of the students of elementary school, educational course after the choice of students of "forming of family values for junior schoolchildren" that represents a student with psychological pedagogical problem that arise up in the process of forming junior schoolchildren family values. Key words: establishment of higher pedagogical education, domestic values, forming of family values for the students of elementary school, preparation of future teachers to forming of family values for the students of elementary school.

PECULIARITIES OF THE FORMATION OF SELF-ASSESSED COMPETENCE IN FUTURE PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS

The article reveals the content and peculiarities of self-educational competence formation of future primary school teachers. The formation of self-educational competence of future primary school teachers as a modern pedagogical problem is investigated. The results of scientific studies of domestic and foreign scientists are presented, which substantiate various approaches to determining the essence of the concepts of “self-education”, “self-educational competence”.The analysis of theoretical and methodological aspects of the formation of self-educational competence of students is made. It is proved that self-educational activity is a component of the professional competence of specialists. It is proved that self-education, as a focused cognitive activity is aimed at improving the special psychological, pedagogical and methodological training, is the basis of the self-educational competence of a future elementary school teacher. The main characteristic features of self-education and the structure of self-educational competence are determined. It is proved that the formation of self-educational competence of future primary school teachers must be considered through the presence of psychological, pedagogical and methodological readiness.Based on the analysis of psychological and pedagogical literature, we determine the self-educational competence of future primary school teachers as a multidimensional problem, considering it from the perspective of the concept of personality-oriented technology and acquires special significance in the context of recognizing fundamentally new requirements for the professional training of a new generation of teachers.

Motives of Future Elementary School Teachers to Be Physically Active.

The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between the motives for engaging in sports activities and the self-determination index (SDI) and how this in turn predicts the intentionality of future elementary school teachers to be physically active. Method: A total of 331 first-year students of the teacher training degree participated, 34.4% men and 65.6% women (M = 20.02; SD = 2.55). They answered the following questionnaires: “Behavioral Regulation in Exercise Questionnaire-3”, “Motives for Physical Activity Measure-Revised” and “Intention to be Physically Active”. Results: Fitness, fun and care of one’s appearance are the motives most valued by university students. A regression analysis (structural equation modeling) revealed that appearance and social motives were negatively related to SDI, although the model clearly predicted the intention to be physically active (R2 = 0.74). A second model, which positively related the appearance and competence motives with the intention to be active, improved the coefficient of determination (R2 = 90) and fit index. Conclusions: The motives for engaging in physical activity influence university students in different ways in relation to the SDI and strongly predict the intention to be physically active.

РОЛЬ ВОЛОНТЕРСЬКОЇ ДІЯЛЬНОСТІ У ФОРМУВАННІ ОСОБИСТОСТІ МАЙБУТНЬОГО ВЧИТЕЛЯ ПОЧАТКОВОЇ ШКОЛИ

Анотація. У статті обґрунтовано роль волонтерської діяльності у становленні особистості майбутнього педагога початкової школи. Здійснений аналіз нормативно-правових документів з питань освіти дав змогу констатувати, що вчителем повинна бути особа з високими моральними якостями, яка має відповідну педагогічну освіту, належний рівень професійної підготовки, забезпечує результативність та якість своєї роботи. З’ясовано, що волонтерська діяльність є способом підтримки, піклування, надання допомоги тим, хто потребує. Схарактеризовано досвід діяльності студентського волонтерського центру «Від серця до серця», який засвідчив значний потенціал волонтерської діяльності як одного із шляхів формування особистості майбутнього педагога Нової української школи. Практично доведено, що благодійна діяльність має значний потенціал для розвитку базових моральних цінностей особистості, соціальної компетентності студентів педагогічного факультету (навичок взаєморозуміння, співпраці; поваги, толерантності, емпатії, відповідальності, уміння працювати в групах); сприяє розвитку лідерських якостей, творчого потенціалу, критичного мислення; сприяє удосконаленню педагогічної майстерності, розвитку стресостійкості та емоційного інтелекту майбутніх учителів початкової школи.
 Констатовано, що волонтерська діяльність є одним із головних напрямів діяльності закладів вищої освіти і відіграє важливе значення для підготовки майбутнього вчителя початкової школи, його саморозвитку та самовдосконалення.

Examing type and quality of preservice teachers’ lessons based on children’s literature

<p class="ABS-C">This qualitiative research explores the types and levels of mathematical lesson tasks that 60 future elementary and middle school teachers created during an undergraduate mathematics content and pedagogy course. Data collection consisted of 51 children’s book inspired activities written by the preservice teachers. Using Stein et al.’s Task Analysis Guide as an assessment tool, the researchers coded the activities into 1 of 4 categories, as well as categorized each activity based on its mathematical content using the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics. Results showed that a majority of the PSTs wrote activities that were classified as <em>Procedures with Connections</em>. Also, a majority of the activities were geometry-based, specifically transformations and two-dimesional measurements. Implications for teaching include the fact that preservice elementary and middle school teachers can create mathematics lessons based on children’s literature, which often can include mathematical tasks that are making connections to procedural mathematics or even higher order thinking tasks.</p>

Criteria, Indicators and Levels of Research of Future Teachers' Readiness for Organization of Dialogic Teaching for Primary School Students

The article substantiates the necessity to study the criterion-content and level structure regarding the formation of readiness of future elementary school teachers to organize dialogic teaching. While creating the program of the experimental work the author has taken into account the basic postulations of psychological and pedagogical science, concerning the problem of the readiness of future specialists to organize dialogic teaching, professionalism of activity and communication and dialogic pedagogical communication. The article offers indicative criteria for studying the readiness of future elementary school teachers to organize dialogic teaching of students: need-motivational, cognitive, social-communicative, reflexive-value and operational-activity, as well as indicators of their detection. The levels of readiness of future elementary school teachers to organize dialogic training are determined - high, medium and low. The author presents the results of the empirical study of the state of students' readiness for dialogic teaching of primary school students according to the need-motivational criterion. The results of diagnostics of future teachers' motivation of achievement, understanding of their motivational structure of dialogic teaching, internal motivation of their readiness for self-development, resistance to external influences (in particular, results of ranking by the degree of importance of motives of future pedagogical professional activity) are presented. It is proved that the introduction into the process of training of primary school teachers of the author’s model allows to change substantially the motivation of future specialists for future professional activity.

Representaciones sociales de la relación familia-escuela desde la formación inicial del profesorado

La investigación expone las representaciones que poseen los futuros profesores de educación básica de una Universidad de la Región de Ñuble (Chile) sobre la familia y los roles parentales que les son asignados en materia educativa. En concordancia con el objetivo, se desarrolla un estudio comprensivo interpretativo utilizando la metodología cualitativa. Dentro de los hallazgos más relevantes se encontró que los roles que los sujetos asignan a las familias se sitúan en dos dimensiones: por una parte, apoyo en el ámbito pedagógico a través de la realización de deberes escolares y, por otra, la inculcación de hábitos que faciliten el establecimiento de un clima en el aula favorable para el aprendizaje.

Preparation of Future Teachers for Use of ICT in Primary School

The article addresses the problem of preparing future teachers for the use of ICT in primary school lessons. The authors characterize the functionality of information and communication technologies, focus on modern computer aids that can be used in the education and upbringing of younger students and highlight some aspects of preparing future teachers to use ICT in primary school education. It is established that ICT in primary school lessons is today a powerful didactic tool that involves children in active work, develops their cognitive interest, promotes better learning and enhances learning effectiveness. Learning needs to be polysensory and varied in order to meet students' information needs. In this context, information training of future elementary school teachers, which activates their cognitive and creative potential, generates the knowledge and skills needed for future professional activity, is of great importance. In fact, it is about improving the effectiveness of teacher education through the introduction of information and communication technologies, since they change the way scientific information is presented, provide individualization of learning, creating new forms of interaction between teacher and student in the process of solving various cognitive problems. Accordingly, the potential of educational disciplines and pedagogical practices at the Mukachevo State University is aimed at training competitive specialists ready to quickly process a large amount of educational information and original solutions to professional tasks by mastering modern ICT tools.

Attitudes towards Mathematics in Future Elementary School Teachers

This study has the purpose to describe the attitudes towards mathematics of 239 future elementary school teachers of a Chilean university, as well as the relation among such attitudes and gender, the math scores taken from the university selection test (PSU, according to its Spanish translation) and the intent to choose math as specialization. The present study used a quantitative approach and the data collection was conducted by using a Likert questionnaire, which was applied before starting the training courses. The results showed that a high percentage of participants declared to have a positive attitude towards mathematics, being the dimension “Utility of mathematics” the one with the higher percentage. Moreover, it could be observed that there is no relation between a negative attitude and the variables of gender, PSU and intent to choose math as specialization. The study suggests studying in depth the factors that affect the development of positive and negative attitudes towards mathematics as well as the course of actions that should be taken in order to strengthen them during the training program.