The aim of the study – the scientific substantiation and approbation of theoretical and methodological concepts, pedagogical conditions of training of future teachers for the labour education of students in the education process of primary school.
Object of the research – professional and pedagogical training of future primary school teachers in high education institutions.
Scientific originality of the research is that for the first time ever have been substantiated theoretical-methodological concepts of professional preparation of future teachers for organization of labor education in the educational process of primary school as complete pedagogical system, which includes methodological approaches (personal-activity approach, system approach, contextual and technological approaches) and the system of methodological and pedagogical principles of education; In this study, for the first time, has been revealed the essence and the structure of the phenomena «Readiness of future teachers for organization of labour education in the educational process of primary school» (motivation-value, cognitive, creative, reflection-evaluative components). The criteria system with following indicators has been developed: mentoring (the existence of interest and demand in the organization of labor education of primary school students, the attitude of future primary school teachers towards the results of students’ labor activity, the orientation of students on the labor education in a future professional activity), knowledge component (orientation with pivotal notions of labor education, with types and products of labor education in primary school, and its technologies), behavioral (the existence of organizational and emotion self-regulation skills, the presence of creative potential in teachers), analytical (the existence of analytic, reflective, evaluative skills among future teachers) for the determination of future teachers readiness level for the organization of labor education in the educational process of primary school.
Pedagogical conditions of preparation of future teachers for the organization of labor education in the educational process of primary school have been determined and substantiated: consciousness of the future primary school teachers of the necessity of organization of labour education of primary school students in the light of the modern conceptual requirements of the New Ukrainian school; providing of the integration of specialties disciplines in the process of the training of future primary school teachers for the organization of labor education of students; the connection between classes and extracurricular activity of future primary school teachers.
Content features of the conceptual and categorical research apparatus have been improved; the essence of the notions «labor education», «labour up-bringing», «students’ activity», «professional-pedagogical preparation», «readiness», «professional-pedagogical readiness of future teachers for the organization of labor education of students in the educational process of primary school» has been clarified. The functions, principles, pedagogical technologies of realization of labour education in the educational process of primary school have been specified.
The content and methodology of the preparation of future primary school teachers for the organization of labour education of students in the educational process in a paradigm of conception of new Ukrainian school have been developed further.
Practical significance of the obtained results is in the development and approbation of diagnostics and experimental methodologies of the training of future teachers for the organization of labour education of students in the educational process of primary school elective courses «Labor education with practicum», «Creative activity» (for students of the first (bachelor) level of high education) and their methodological providing. The content of academic disciplines («Pedagogy», «General and age Psychology», «History of Ukrainian culture») has been enriched with additional topics that contribute to the preparation of future teachers for organizing labour education of students in the educational process of primary school; the pedagogical circle «Pedagogical workshop of primary school teacher» was founded.
