Buzenko I. Formation of ecological and valeological competence of primary school teachers in the process of training teachers in colleges

Realization of important tasks is related to the reform of the educational sector in Ukraine requires a qualitative improvement of training the teaching staff, particularly of primary school teachers. Environmental and valeological competence, interfering in the structure of professional pedagogical competence of future teachers are mutually determined. Their interaction actively influences not only the structure of the personality and professional qualities of a teacher, but also within the professional and pedagogical competence strengthens their relationship, forms the ecological and valeological category apparatus of thinking of a future teacher, increases the development of pedagogical reflection, determines the ability to axiological understanding of their social missions in solving environmental problems, preserving and developing the health of the growing generation. The urgency of the abovementioned problems, lack of basic educational studies which systematically examine the problem of formation of ecology and valeological competence of primary school teachers, determined the choice of the research topic: «Formation of ecological and valeological competence of primary school teachers in the process of training teachers in colleges».