Chumahidze T. Preparation of primary school future teachers to the organization of research work of Junior schoolchildren in nature.

Object: professional training of primary school teachers in higher education institutions, the purpose is development, scientific grounding and experimental validation of the model of future primary school teachers' preparation for the organization of research work of primary school pupils in nature; methods: theoretical, empirical , mathematical statistics; novelty: the model of future primary school teachers' preparation for the organization of research work of primary school pupils in nature is scientifically grounded and validated; concepts of "research work of primary school pupils in nature", "readiness of future primary school teachers for the organization of research work of primary school pupils in nature" are concretized; criteria, indicators and levels of future primary school teachers' readiness for the organization of research work of primary school pupils in nature are improved; results: experimental material can be practically used in educational institutions and in the process of future primary school teachers training in higher educational institutions of I-IV accreditation level, in the system of continuing education. Thematic field: Theory and methodology of professional education.