In the didactics of higher education, the issue of professional thinking development (so-called
pedagogical thinking) for students majoring in pedagogics remains insufficiently studied. At the
same time, pedagogical thinking, and the methods of its development and diagnostics can provide
clear guidelines for teaching individualization and correction mechanisms. These methods should
focus on fostering the professional qualities for future teachers.
The purpose of the article is to describe the proprietary technology for diagnosing the level of students’
pedagogical thinking – future preschool teachers – using the group expert assessment method.
Research methods and techniques. The study was carried out through a competency-based approach,
which coordinates the competence-oriented goals of future teachers’ professional training with the
level of their pedagogical thinking. The method of the group expert assessment was used to justify
the structure, content, and students’ pedagogical thinking levels. We involved qualified university
instructors and pre-school teachers as experts.
Findings. We determined the basic structure of pedagogical thinking and its development levels for
these students. This helped to define the choice of teaching aids and targeted assistance to students
within individual educational pathways. The article shows the interrelation of components and
interdependence of the pedagogical thinking for students with the structural components of the
professional and pedagogical competence for a bachelor degree student.
The novelty of the research. The authors propose a methodology for diagnosing the development
level of students’ pedagogical thinking which is coordinated with the competence-oriented goals
of their professional training. The federal-state educational standard of higher education and the
Professional standard “Teacher (pedagogical activity in the field of preschool, primary, basic and
secondary education)” determines the content of these goals.
Practical significance. The findings of the research can be applied by administrative authorities and
university instructors for planning individual educational pathways of undergraduate students, as
well as of post-graduate students studying the current issues of preschool education.
Author : Agzam A. Valeev
On the Issue of Intensification of Teaching a Foreign Language in a Non-linguistic Institution
Update of the research problem is associated with the software of the educational process in higher
educational institutions in this domain as a “foreign language”. The article discusses the most
important aspects of the intensification of teaching a foreign language in non-language high school;
possible orientation of a foreign language in the future professional activity; the use of certain
approaches to teaching foreign languages, in particular, intensive training approach as a way to
intensify the training; the use of intensive training principles; consideration of factors of intensification
of training; the use of methods of learning a foreign language in non-language high school; creation
of certain components of the educational environment for teaching a foreign language. The author
reveals the importance of the integration of various approaches to the intensification of training
in order to optimize the entire system of organization of cognitive activity of students. The article
analyzes the possibility of using situational principle which involves the study of a foreign language
on the basis of situations. The article shows how in teaching a foreign language in non-language
high school there’re used some interactive forms of practical sessions. In this regard, it is concluded
that learning a foreign language speech activity on the basis of the communicative component of the
intensification of training must be systematic, targeted as close as possible to the conditions of reality
in order to achieve a positive result in learning a foreign language.