THE ISSUE OF EDUCATION AT A HIGHER ESTABLISHMENT AND SIMULTANEOUS LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

The article is devoted to the psychological and pedagogical substantiation of the expediency of learning foreign languages while studying in the institution of higher education. The authors analyse the current educational process in Ukrainian and identify the most important factors influencing the formation of qualified professionals and establish the role of foreign language in each of these factors. It was found that studying can be extremely intensified due to learning a foreign language. It is established that learning foreign languages increases a person’s ability to develop intellectually. Keywords: pedagogical psychology; institution of higher education; foreign language; English language; training intensification; motivation; information management; information gathering; information processing.

PEDAGOGICAL CONDITIONS OF THE FORMATION OF SANITARY AND HYGIENIC CULTURE OF FUTURE ENGINEER-TEACHER IN THE FIELD OF FOOD TECHNOLOGIES IN THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS OF HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

The article reveals the problem of finding pedagogical conditions of the formation of a sanitary and hygienic culture of future engineer-teacher in the field of food technologies. The peculiarities of the formation of sanitary and hygienic culture in future specialists in the educational process of higher education are highlighted. They will provide the following pedagogical conditions: providing positive motivation of future engineer-teachers of food technologies to form sanitary and hygienic culture through updating introduction of interdisciplinary links with the relevant software and methodological support; introduction of the discipline of free choice; using the potential of industrial practice to gain experience in the formation of sanitary and hygienic culture.The transition of the state from a planned to a market economy requires an increase in the competitiveness of food production, so the future engineer-teacher in the field of food technologies must meet high requirements for the level of ability and willingness to act effectively in professional activities, which involves solving various socio-psychological, economic and technical problems with the possibility of introducing new educational technologies. Purposeful activity in the direction of rethinking the formed stereotypes, the search of new pedagogical approaches in terms of increase of own professional readiness and professional and personal qualities will allow the future engineer-teacher on completion of the higher education institution to possess a complex of engineering and pedagogical knowledge necessary for future productive professional activity. The effectiveness of training depends on the environment of the higher education institution and specific conditions for the educational process, i.e., to establish the level of readiness of the future engineer-teacher, it is necessary to determine the pedagogical conditions to ensure an effective educational process. Keywords: pedagogical conditions; sanitation; hygiene; culture; food technologies; engineer-teacher; a discipline of free choice; educational process; internship.

THE CONTENT OF THE SELECTIVE DISCIPLINE “DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES IN EDUCATION” AS A MEANS OF BUILDING DIGITAL COMPETENCES IN FUTURE TEACHERS OF THE HUMANITIES

The article focuses on building digital competencies in future teachers of the Humanities. It was established that introducing digital technology into studying the humanities generates new opportunities that had previously been unavailable. These issues are covered by Digital Humanities – a field of research, education and creation at a nexus of computer science and humanities. To solve the problem, a selective discipline, called Digital Technologies in Education, has been introduced. This can be adapted for retraining school teachers and university lecturers. The topics of the discipline are arranged in such a way that studying one module prepares students for covering every subsequent module. The whole course is divided into 4 modules: 1) Developing instructional materials by means of digital technologies; 2) Planning and organizing the learning process by means of digital technologies; 3) Distance learning; 4) Professional development as a way to manifest teacher’s identity. The practical use of this discipline will raise students’ awareness of digital technologies that will help them make this process easier and more effective; the students will explore popular software and services for distance learning arrangement and acquire skills of using them. Different aspects of teacher’s job are mentioned, they are as following: planning and organizing the learning process (this often entails a lot of paperwork); aspiration for professional development, learning new things, and adjusting curricula to modern reality.In this paper, we have presented the discipline, with the help of which students will gain and extend knowledge of all above-mentioned areas as well as practical skills of implementing digital technologies in education and professional life. Keywords: digital technologies; Digital Humanities; humanities; modern technologies; digital competence; education; selective discipline; humanitarization

ARCHIVAL SOURCES ON PEDAGOGICAL TRAINING OF TEACHERS OF HIGHER TECHNICAL EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS OF THE UKRAINIAN SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLIC

The purpose of the article is to conduct a source analysis of archival documents of the State Archives of the Dnipropetrovsk region in order to determine their information capabilities for historical and pedagogical research. The use of historical and logical methods in the course of the study allowed us to move away from everything secondary and to distinguish the essential characteristics of the process under consideration. The application of the system method, in combination with the principle of comprehensiveness and complexity, made it possible to identify general and specific aspects of the studied archival funds, taking into account their place in the structure of the State Archives of the Dnipropetrovsk region and identify multifaceted links with other archival funds. The method of functional analysis in combination with the principle of origin provided the identification of the relationship between the functions of fundraisers and documentary information of the funds formed by them. Analyzed archival documents indicate the importance of using archival sources in historical and pedagogical research. The author claims that archival documents allow to “reconstruct” the historical environment, analyze causal links, determine the influence of party-state structures on the activities of higher educational institutions, and understand not only the level of training of scientific and pedagogical staff but also the ratio of disciplines and teachers of humanities and technical fields. Thus, the source analysis of archival documents of the State Archives of Dnipropetrovsk region helped to identify the main trends that accompanied the process of pedagogical training teachers of higher technical educational institutions of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. Keywords: professional and pedagogical training; scientific and pedagogical activity; higher technical educational institution; technical institution of higher education; archival source; historical and pedagogical research; source analysis; source base.

MASTERING RESEARCH SKILLS BY FUTURE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF NON-STANDARD LESSON

This study investigates the development of research skills in the course of higher education training programs for future elementary school teachers. The purpose of this article is to analyze the formation and development of the scientific and pedagogical outlook of higher education students by employing an innovative approach to traditional education. The article identifies the role of modern children’s books in the development of educational competencies by university students in the elementary education field.The authors suggest optimal methods for future teachers’ research competence development by using the material of modern children’s literature. The emphasis on the creative nature of teaching instruction and the application of learning technologies in the education process are outlined. The proposed design foundation for unconventional teaching methods is focused on generating interest in the content of the subject being taught, emphasizing creative approach to the learning exercise completion and ongoing pedagogical evaluation and research. These principles define the educational content and the teaching methods.The author underlines the importance of using the training method in the classroom for the independent assignments to activate the students’ creative potential and curiosity.The study shows how the training session in the works of modern children’s literature could contribute to the language quality and literary education improvements for future elementary school teachers.It is proposed in the article to design a system of training sessions to develop personal and professional competencies and skills required for the future elementary school teachers. The authors hope that the content of the article is of interest to all Ukrainian language students and educators of all levels from elementary to postgraduate education. Keywords: educational process; research skills and competence; language and literary competence; children’s literature, integration; innovation in training; training, hands-on training.

GENESIS OF PROFESSIONAL SELF-FULFILMENT OF A TEACHER

The article gives the author’s definition of the concept of “professional self-fulfilment of the teacher”, which means a personal strategy of a teacher’s professional activity, aimed at improving their personal qualities and developing their professional competencies. The structural and content components of the professional self-fulfilment of the teacher have been determined: self-understanding, self-actualization, self-identification, self-design, self-organization and self-regulation. It has been proved that each of the six components carries its own function, being central at a certain stage of professional development, determining the course of the teacher’s personality development, and moving at the next stage to a “subordinate” position when it becomes a mechanism for the implementation of a new stage of the teacher’s professional self-fulfilment. Self-knowledge is an activity specially organized by a teacher, the purpose of which is to identify one’s own potential capabilities, actual needs, life meanings in the aspect of professional activity. Self-actualization is an activity specially organized by a teacher, the purpose of which is self-understanding, self-awareness of one’s own uniqueness in professional activity. Self-identification is an activity specially organized by the teacher, the purpose of which is self-identification with one of the self-actualizing professional portraits. Self-design is an activity specially organized by the teacher, the purpose of which is to develop an individual educational trajectory in the direction of his “ideal self-teacher”. Self-development is an activity specially organized by the teacher, the purpose of which is positive self-change of the individual in the direction of his “ideal self-teacher”. Self-presentation is an activity specially organized by the teacher, the purpose of which is the teacher’s presentation of his intermediate and final results. Keywords: Professional self-fulfillment of the teacher; structural and content components of the professional self-fulfillment of the teacher; self-understanding of the teacher, self-actualization of the teacher; self-identification of the teacher; self-design of the teacher; self-organization of the teacher; self-regulation of the teacher.

FORMATION OF THE GLOBAL MARKET OF HIGHER EDUCATION SERVICES: COMPETITION OR COOPERATION

This paper presents an analysis of issues of contemporary processes related to global higher education dynamics. The paper is based on the analysis of research results of well-known researchers of global higher education reality, as well as on the author’s own research results within the Erasmus program. It states that new aspects of the mission of a university as an institution were added to such aspects as research, teaching and service, in accordance with social requirements. It also reveals that the concept of the world-class research university of the XXI century of Prof. P. Altbach and the model of the entrepreneurial university of Prof. B. Clark, which work in the conditions of growing competition between higher education, represent a new world higher education reality in the early XXI century. The paper reveals that the global market of higher education services has been established as an instrument of higher education changes. In this context, the traditional providers of educational services and the “new providers” compete for or complement the supply. The paper shows that the traditional providers of educational services are public and private universities. It emphasizes that University has become only one of the actors in the new “knowledge business” nowadays and discusses that recently we have witnessed the emergence of new types of higher education providers. The paper considers the emergence of new providers of higher education as indicators of the direction of higher education dynamics in the immediate future. These “new providers” include corporate universities, virtual universities and online courses, a certification system of competence in computer technology, commercial IT and media companies, networks of professional associations, national or international research networks, international conglomerates and consortia, and publishers, who are designing and delivering course materials, sometimes in partnership with universities. It is highlighted that to operate and develop in current higher education dynamics, universities should simultaneously compete, positioning themselves, and cooperate, overcoming obstacles by joint efforts with partners. Keywords: higher education; higher education dynamics; market of higher education services; internationalization; World-class research university; entrepreneurial university; corporate university; virtual university; mixed mode training called Hybrid; providers of educational services.

EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY BY MEANS OF INFORMATION AND DIGITAL SYSTEMS OF A PARTICULAR INSTITUTION

The article examines the possibilities of evaluating the effectiveness of scientific work of departments of scientific institutions and universities by means of information and digital systems on the example of the Institute of Information Technologies and Learning Tools of the National Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine. Accordingly, the goal of the article is to analyse the existing information and analytical systems for evaluating the effectiveness of the scientific work of departments of scientific institutions and universities. In this study, the following methods were used: analysis to review existing information and analytical systems to assess the effectiveness of scientific work, generalization, and systematization for processing the data. To assess the effectiveness of the department or laboratory of research institutions and institutions of higher education by using formal indicators (quantitative), it is necessary to take into account the direction of the institution/freelancer, the field they belong to, and the specifics of research tasks. Therefore, this study describes and analyses the services of information and digital systems that can be used to assess the effectiveness of the scientific work of research institutions and universities. The authors illustrate popularization of scientific achievements as one of the most important tasks of a scientific institution. The authors illustrate the popularization of scientific achievements as one of the most important tasks of a scientific institution. In addition, the image of a scientific institution and the institution of higher education is formed by structural subdivisions. Further works can be connected with studying generalized criteria and indicators for evaluating the effectiveness of scientific and pedagogical activities of both departments and institutions, as well as individual scientists. Keywords: information and digital systems; scientific work; evaluation of scientific work efficiency; subdivision; scientific institution, university; h-index; Web analytics.

MODERN TRENDS OF ORGANIZING METHODOLOGICAL WORK IN PRESCHOOL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

The article investigates theoretical frameworks of the organization of methodological work in educational institutions under the conditions of reformation and modernization of the Ukrainian education system.The author discusses how, a great deal of educational institutions, peculiarities of parents’ requests, and interaction with the social environment cause the need for teachers in the methodological assistance of experienced and competent professionals, in particular, the educator-methodologist. The necessity to re-orient methodological work to meet the modern needs of the education sector and requirements of the society is determined. The goal of the current work is to conduct a psychological and pedagogical analysis of theoretical approaches to understanding the content of methodological work, in preschool educational institutions, under the conditions of challenges and changes of the twenty-first century. The tasks of an educator-methodologist and conditions, which should be created in an educational institution in order to motivate teachers to develop their personality and creativity are illustrated by the author. Different aspects of organization of methodological work are introduced and analysed in the article. Generalization of the theoretical and practical studies on the problem enabled us to conclude that the methodological work in educational institutions is a unifying, managerial systemic activity of the educator-methodologist, which must meet the modern needs of the society. This systematic activity is composed of the following components: tasks, principles, approaches, forms and methods of work, means of influencing the subjects of the educational process. Thus, the article contextualizes the tasks and conditions of effective methodological work with the teaching staff, considering innovations in preschool education.The conducted study is not completed, and it is planned to study and develop specific functions, forms, methods and technologies of the educator-methodologist work in a modern preschool institution. Keywords: methodological work; preschool education; professional competence; conditions; tasks; innovations; reforms; teacher-methodologist; self-fulfilment.

MODERN APPROACHES TO TEACHING AND LEARNING ENGLISH

The article deals with methods of interactive learning of English, ways how to use it at different stages of learning, increasing scientific interest in understanding global trends in the methodology of teaching English. Based on the analysis of the scientific literature as well as a comprehensive analysis of the practice of teaching and learning English in Ukraine and abroad, certain problems and challenges facing the methodology of teaching English today have been identified. The various methods and approaches developed today are an attempt to answer these questions.The United States and Europe became the founders of the so-called Epoch of Methods. During that period, such teaching methods as Total Physical Response, Suggestopedia, as well as Community Language Learning, Audio Lingual Approach were developed. The suggested approaches and methods differ in terms of their principles, understanding of the nature of language and features of the educational process, the role of teachers and students, learning goals, the ratio of target and native language. The list of methods and approaches is by no means exhaustive and reflects only a part of all variety of teaching English methodology.Among the most interesting methods we distinguish the TPR method (Total Physical Response). Nowadays, there are many published works of TPR and studies, which create an understanding of its long-term prospects. The most important skill is to understand new sentences when learning a foreign language.It was concluded that there is a need to diversify approaches to learning, focused on keeping students’ attention, encouraging them to active cooperation and ensuring student-centeredness in the process of teaching and learning, as well as stress-free educational environment. Keywords: teaching methods; interactive learning; suggestive approach; student-oriented learning; English language; pedagogy; teaching; audio-lingual approach.