Tolmachova I. Formation of media competence of future primary school teachers in the process of professional training

The structure of media competence of future primary school teachers is revealed, which contains the following components: motivational (motivation of students to master media, readiness to realize competently the potential of the Internet; interest of future teachers to use media in future professional activities), cognitive (theoretical training of future specialists on media software, awareness of the didactic features of online services: mail, cloud, social networks, messengers, search services), activity (the ability of future teachers to implement creatively professional activities using author’s media products). Taking into account the essential characteristics of the studied concept, the criteria and corresponding indicators of the formation of media competence of future primary school teachers are determined: motivational, cognitive, operational and creative. According to the criteria, the levels of formation of media competence of future primary school teachers were characterized, namely: high, medium, low. In order to identify the level of formation of media competence of future primary school teachers, diagnostic tools have been developed, in particular: «Diagnostic map of the formation of media competence»; questionnaire «Media tools and their types», questionnaire «Importance of media tools for modern education», test «Personality formation in cyberspace»; tasks-workshops «Planstrategy», observation of students’ work with media.