Psychological and pedagogical conditions of future educators’ training for the national-patriotic education of preschool age children

Abstract

The psychological and pedagogical conditions of preschool educational institutions future teachers’ training for the national-patriotical education of preschoolers in the context of updating the modern educational system are substantiated in the article. In connection with the fact that the forming of the national-patriotic culture of the individual begins from preschool age under the influence of various factors, the requirements for the quality of professional training of future educators, which are called to carry out this process purposefully, are increasing. Therefore, during studies in institutions of higher education, it is necessary to form the readiness of future teachers for national-patriotic upbringing of preschoolers. Methodological approaches (axiological, person-oriented, competence, activity) have been identified, the implementation of which in the process of professional training ensures the forming of motivational-value attitudes of future educators towards the national-patriotic education of children and the teaching profession in general, the establishment of value guidelines, focus on the forming of the personal patriotic culture of students, which is the basis for the successful development of the national-patriotic culture of pupils, development of professional competence of future educators and improvement of forms, methods and receptions of national-patriotic education of preschoolers during classroom work and in the process of passing various types of practices. After mastering the program of national-patriotic education by preschool age children, its result is the forming of their national-patriotic culture, as a set of knowledge, abilities, skills, motives, emotions and experience of national-patriotic feelings and appropriate behavior. National-patriotic culture combines spiritual values of the Ukrainian people (love for parents, family, Ukrainian people, respect for history and national culture, etc.), knowledge of national symbols, history, folk art and culture, native land, understanding of one's own ethnicity, and as well as appropriate personal behavior, respect for other nationalities. Based on the generalization of scientific and practical experience, the psychological and pedagogical conditions of national-patriotic education of preschoolers are concretized: modeling of the educational process in institutions of higher education on the basis of personally oriented, axiological, competence and activity approaches; relying on the principles of national orientation, self-activity and self-regulation, multiculturalism, social conformity, historical and social memory, intergenerational continuity, humanization of the educational process, cultural conformity, which future specialists will implement in their own educational and professional activities; supplementing the content of educational disciplines in order to familiarize students with the purpose, tasks, directions of educational work in the specified sphere, familiarization with the age and individual characteristics of children, as well as with the technology of creating an appropriate educational environment; enrichment of pedagogical practice programs.