THE PECULIARITIES OF THE TRANSFORMATION OF PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS VOCATIONAL TRAINING IN THE CONTEXT OF MODERN SOCIO-CULTURAL CHALLENGES

Abstract

This article reveals the peculiarities of the transformation of the vocational training of future primary education specialists. Based on the theoretical and methodological analysis of normative documents, the authors note the importance of the transformation of higher education, in particular, the training of future teachers at both theoretical and practical levels, emphasize the features of innovations in the general education system and present options for training a "new" primary school teacher depending on modern socio-cultural challenges. The problem of the study is to establish a connection between updating the content of general education at the federal level and the system of vocational training of primary school teachers. Therefore, it is possible to assume that the existing modern socio-cultural challenges contribute to the transformation of higher education, in particular the training of primary school teachers. The purpose of the study is a theoretical study of the transformation of the vocational training of primary school teachers, taking into account modern socio-cultural challenges. The method and methodology of the research consists in the study and analysis of scientific psychological and pedagogical publications and the regulatory documents in the field of education of the Russian Federation, as well as summarizing the authors’ experience in training future primary school teachers and systematization of the research materials. Results. The article develops and presents the models of criteria-based assessment in primary school in a common educational space and the transformation of the vocational training of primary school teachers in the context of modern socio-cultural challenges. The features of the formation of new meta-professional competencies of primary school teachers are revealed. The opinions of scientists on the need to develop a set of pedagogical and methodological measures aimed at improving the quality of education in the Russian Federation are summarized and interpreted. The results obtained can be applied in the pedagogical activity of specialists in general, secondary vocational and higher education, as well as of those who are interested in the problems of modern education.

Keywords

• vocational training
• teaching staff
• primary school teachers
• pedagogical activity
• primary education
• higher education
• pedagogical measures
• competencies