Modernization of Natural Science Education in the Context of Teacher Training
Modernization of Natural Science Education in the Context of Teacher Training

Summary/Abstract: The article states about the personal readiness of future psychologists to use the latest interactive and information technologies in order to improve natural science training in the framework of the integrative acquisition of professional competencies. For this purpose, the expediency of post-non-classical integration of the humanitarian and natural components in the field of psychology was investigated, the relevance of Coworking, BarCamp, and Workshop technologies was reasoned. The readiness of future psychologists to use these technologies after passing advanced training of scientific and scientific pedagogical personnel abroad has been studied using sociological methods. The purpose of the article is to clarify the presence of personal motivation for innovative, integrative, interactive and informational improvement of professional natural science competencies aiming to improve the transformational processes of higher education in Ukraine. A theoretical analysis of the modern natural-scientific training of future psychologists with the identification of promising aspects and a sociological analysis (survey) were chosen as research methods. The analysis showed the need for personal awareness and interactive and information-oriented education. The result of sociological research is the manifestation of divergence between the understanding of the need to use information and communication technologies and mainly personal obstacles to their use. The international significance of the article lies in the fact that its conclusions can be used in modeling innovative conditions for the advanced training of teachers of natural sciences in the countries of “late democracies”.

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