The dissertation presents a holistic and systematic study of the theoretical and methodological foundations and practical solutions to the problem of integration competence formation of future teachers of the New Ukrainian School (NUS).
According to the analysis of a wide range of scientific sources, regulations in the field of education, the periodization of the genesis of primary school teachers’ vocational training in Ukraine is specified, the leading trends of its innovative stage are described. The study of vocational training of primary school teachers in modern conditions is represented by six of their priority directions: general pedagogical, methodological, personal and professional, historical and pedagogical and the direction “foreign theory and practice”. The methodological strategy of scientific search for solving the given problem is substantiated.
Due to the analysis of scientific sources, it is found out that the implementation of state policy in the field of reforming General Secondary Education “New Ukrainian School” began with the primary stage of the education system, taking into account the experience of Finland, Norway, Poland, the USA and etc. The main factors that provided the constant and effective implementation of the reform in practice and played a certain role in initiating and implementing the reform of the national system in Ukraine are generalized. Each component of the New Ukrainian School Concept, that is the theoretical and methodological foundation of the reform “New Ukrainian School”, is a reflection of the success factors of educational systems in Finland, Norway and Poland.
It is established that the challenges of the time have actualized the need for large-scale revision and improvement of educational programs, changes in the content of primary school students’ training, approaches to education, which are reflected in the New Ukrainian School Concept. Solving the problem of fragmentation and narrowness of the educational process in primary school depends on the widespread use of integrated learning, in particular, the integrated course “I Explore the World”, that is a way of complex implementation of competence, activity, personally oriented and integrated approaches to learning. “Integration” and the derived concept “integrated learning” are defined as an innovative approach to the reform “New Ukrainian School”. New professional roles of the New Ukrainian School teacher are outlined: tutor, facilitator, coach-mentor, “change agent”, advisor, media educator, researcher, “practice nurse”.
On the basis of the system and structural approach the definitions of such concepts as “professional competence of the NUS primary school teacher”, “subject methodical competence of the NUS teacher”, “subject basic competence of the NUS teacher”, “subject psychological and pedagogical competence of the NUS teacher”, “interdisciplinary integration in the vocational training of primary school teachers of the New Ukrainian School” are specified. The definition of the key concept of the study “integration competence of the NUS primary school teacher” is investigated, substantiated and given. It is hierarchical interaction at high scientific and methodological levels of subject basic, subject psychological and pedagogical and subject methodological competencies of higher education students in planning and organizing educational process in classes of integrated course “I Explore the World” at NUS.
The structural and functional system of integration competence formation of a future primary school teacher of the New Ukrainian School as an integral complex of scientific, theoretical and methodical providing is developed, theoretically substantiated and experimentally verified. The pedagogical conditions of implementing the structural and functional system of integration competence formation of a future primary school teacher of the New Ukrainian school are defined; methodical and technological components of integration competence formation of a future primary school teacher of the New Ukrainian school are justified.
The author’s educational and methodical support of the course “Methods of Teaching the Integrated Course “I Explore the World” is developed and put into practice; criteria and indicators for measuring integration competence of a future primary school teacher of the New Ukrainian School and the levels of formation are determined.
Experimental verification of the structural and functional system of integration competence formation of a future primary school teacher of the New Ukrainian school was carried out in 4 stages: theoretical and formative, ascertaining and diagnostic, formative and practical, control and final. The analysis of the experimental work results confirmed the effectiveness of the structural and functional system of formation and development of integration competence of future primary school teachers of the New Ukrainian School.
