Postova S. The Training of the Future Teachers of Computer Sciences to Develop Creative Thinking of Senior Pupils in Extracurricular Activities

The thesis examines theoretical and practical aspects of the problem of prospective teachers' training to develop creative thinking of senior pupils in extracurricular activities. The current state of the problem of the develop creative thinking of senior pupils is reviewed in the educational theory and practice. Basic research terminology is specified. The structural components of the model prospective teachers' training to develop creative thinking of senior pupils in extracurricular activities (target, conceptual, content, processual and result) are singled out. The components, criteria and levels of appropriate preparedness of future teachers is discribed in tesis. The technology of prospective teachers' training develop creative thinking of senior pupils in extracurricular activities is elaborated. The efficiency of the technology is tested experimentally. The outcomes of the technology are implemented into the process of teacher training in some of the higher educational establishments of Ukraine. The validity of the results is confirmed on the basis of methods of mathematical statistics.