Ukrainian Journal of Educational Studies and Information Technology (Dec 2017)
Use of Multimedia Technologies in the Training of Teachers of Fine Arts
Abstract
The article states that the training of young professionals, in particular teachers, is the main task of national educational systems, especially higher education. In the modern world, the transformation that rocked the society in the late XX – early XXI centuries is prevailed, and the education sector was particularly affected. The rapid growth of information volumes, globalization processes, innovations in the field of information and communication technologies prompt to change the approaches to understanding the essence of studying. Nowadays, the studying goes beyond the standard education - the acquisition of skills and abilities under the guidance of a teacher within an educational institution. The leading countries of the world are making significant efforts to provide high-quality training and further information support to highly skilled professionals. In Ukraine, the idea of reforming the system of higher education in line with the growing demands of the global information society is supported at the state level. The existence of a number of underestimated advantages of the use of new technologies is mentioned, this concerns multimedia technologies and the possibility of their introduction into the educational process of future teachers of fine arts. For example, the opportunity not only to read the facts, but also to familiarize students with video chronicles, reproductions of posters, paintings and photographs, fragments of feature films that allow multimedia technologies. The author considers the conditions of use of multimedia technologies by the teacher in the educational process and the role of the teacher himself in the professional training of specialists from different fields and especially teachers. The concepts of «multimedia», «multimedia technologies», «multimedia tools», «multimedia information», «multimedia products» are expounded. The article analyzes the scientific works on the application of multimedia technologies in the educational process. The main reasons for changing the teacher's role in professional activity are found out. Based on the analysis, the teacher's ability to use multimedia technologies in the educational process is determined. The article notes that the main task of vocational education of a modern teacher is not only the acquisition of knowledge, but also the mastery of information and telecommunication technologies for the formation of comprehensive and general cultural skills of work with information. During the study, it was substantiated that the introduction of multimedia technologies into the educational process of higher education institutions that train teachers of fine arts, will increase their professionalism and competitiveness in the labor market. It emphasizes that for the modern teacher of fine arts it is important not to accumulate knowledge, but to be able to operate and replenish it, to navigate in the information space. An analysis of trends in further education informatization shows that in the future the value of multimedia applications in this area will increase, because knowledge that provides the required level of professional qualification is always subject to rapid changes.
