Tokarska O. Development of professional competence of a primary school computer science teacher by means of information and communication technologies

The dissertation presents scientific substantiation, theoretical and practical development of a solution of the problem of professional competence formation and corresponding growth of a primary school computer science teacher by means of information and communication technologies (ICTs). Relevant scientific methodological approaches are substantiated (synergetic, systemic, activity-based, personality-oriented, andragogic, acmeological, competence-based and technological), comprehensive application of which ensures the implementation of the goals and objectives of research. The essential characteristics of professional competence of a primary school computer science teacher are identified and clarified, its structural components are determined: value-motivational, personal-organizational, cognitive, information-operational, control-reflexive, assessment-effective. The criteria of professional competence of primary school computer science teachers for professional development by means of ICTs are singled out as follows: motivational, personal, knowledge-based, operational, reflexive, effective. Based on identified criteria and indicators, four levels of professional competence of primary school computer science teachers are singled out and characterized: primary (low), reproductive (secondary), reproductive-creative (sufficient), creative (high). A model for the development of professional competence of primary school computer science teachers by means of ICTs has been developed, it includes five interconnected and complementary blocks: goal-motivational, methodological, content-based, organizational-technological, diagnostic-effective. The results of research work indicate growth of value-based professional positions of primary school computer science teachers, thoroughness and deepening of special knowledge and development of skills, as well as enrichment and expansion of their creative potential0, which is aimed at developing professional competence and building an individual trajectory of professional growth of the educators.