The article presents a structural practice-oriented model of preparing a future teacher for an active
professional activity, taking into account the educational standards of primary general education,
based on practical forms of educational activity, provided with a high level of theoretical knowledge
and possession of the methodology and technologies of self-knowledge. The model embodies the
original scientific and methodological support for the process of professional training of future
teachers at Kazan University, the system priority of which was the realization of the student’s
personal capabilities through interactive methods of his cognitive, communicative and axiological
activities. Scientific and methodological support is considered as an applied empirical mechanism
for optimizing and updating the content and methodological training of future teachers who are
capable of creative organization of the process of teaching younger students, of effective adjustment
and development of basic educational programs in elementary school.
The information-logistical approach has become the leading one in the study of the problem,
which is important in conditions when the content of education is shifting from memorization to
the search, selection and comprehension of information, and teacher training is carried out in an
environment that provides an integrated perception of experience, allowing him to be included in
the advanced design of the content of education.
The article describes a system of interrelated practice-oriented activities, determined by the dynamics
of content modules, the conditions for their implementation and evaluation criteria, aimed at
developing the professional competencies of future teachers, improving their qualifications and
professional skills in obtaining personal, meta-subject and subject results. The original scientific and
methodological support for the process of professional training of future teachers offers interactive
methods that represent innovative and unique tools for designing the learning process and predicting
its effectiveness, allowing you to most accurately determine the advantages and problems of the real
educational process of teacher training when testing new technologies and teaching methods. The
implementation of the proposed scientific and methodological support expands and actualizes the
resource content of the educational process through empirical research based on the study, analysis
and generalization of real innovative pedagogical experience.
Keyword(s) : primary education
Transformation of relationships between primary school stakeholders in the context of digitization
The need for research into the transformation of relationships between primary school stakeholders is caused by the acceleration of social and technological processes in which all agents are involved. Digital platforms functioning in unified information systems become cross-functional where they support managerial and pedagogical innovative solutions. The authors regard digitization as a new space for the poly-subjective relationships within information system development. In the transition to digitization it is important to examine the pedagogical aspects and assess the potential advantages but also consider risks. This study considers one of the significant manifestations of digitization as the transformation of the relationship between the teacher and the learner when the learning process is augmented by some active digital practices.
Empirical data was obtained during a large-scale pedagogical experiment within the framework of “Learn to Learn” project focused on primary school learners. The sample included over 2,500 students from 46 schools of different regions of Russia. The experiment started in 2018. The project was based on a digital platform which facilitates the diverse roles of different education process stakeholders. The platform records learners’ step by step actions for further examination. These ‘digital footprints’ are available to the adults – teachers and parents, who accompany the learning process.
The data is presented through the lens of the theory of liminality and Vygotsky’s concept of ‘zones of development’ and is accompanied by a comparison with contemporary international research in the field. The paper also considers the concepts of relationship transformation between the teacher and the learner while using digital technologies and analyses of the database. Drawing on the empirical data the research demonstrates the role of digital platforms to compensate for deficiencies in child’s skills and personal growth moving them into the ‘zone of proximal development’.
The use of educational websites and interactive platforms in teaching 6-8 year old children
There is a scarcity of practical research in Russia on the use by pedagogues of websites and interactive
educational platforms. This research focuses on the use of educational websites by 6-8 year old
children in Russia and examines the problems encountered by pedagogues working with digital resources.
Teachers and parents (n=202) were surveyed using a questionnaire which explored the use
of educational websites in respect to demographic, technologic, motivational, innovational blocks
and parental attitude to digital technologies. The article explores issues in the organization of teaching
6-8 year old children.