Virtualization of the Educational Process in the Training of Future Primary School Teachers

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to substantiate the peculiarities of the virtualization of the educational process in the training of future primary school teachers in Ukrainian higher education. The following methods of scientific research are used: questionnaires and analysis of statistical data – in order to clarify the understanding of the applicants of the virtual space and identify the advantages and contradictions of the use of distance education in professional pedagogical training; theoretical analysis – to determine the main theoretical approaches to distance education and its role in the educational process; generalization – to formulate conclusions on the virtualization of the educational process in the training of future primary school teachers. It is revealed that the use of distance technologies in the professional training of future teachers is active, and requires a variety of forms, methods and techniques of virtual support of professional and general cultural training. Emphasis is placed on traditional (principles of consciousness and activity of learning, regularity and consistency, accessibility of learning, expediency) and specific (principles of modular construction of the content of educational and cognitive activities, the transition from learning to self-education, collective nature of learning and taking into account the individual characteristics of students, the use of collective intelligence) principles of construction of distance education. The peculiarities of virtualization of the educational environment of the university in the professional training of future teachers are revealed: training on the basis of the project method; the use of social services and other social and information portals that help increase creative and intellectual potential on the basis of self-organization, the desire for knowledge, the ability to interact with modern computer technology; expanded opportunities to involve social partners and establish cooperation with the scientific world community during the implementation of a joint project or when creating an innovation and communication product; creating a communication system from the student to teacher, to the international scientific community, to partners, which helps to increase the level of general intellectual development in the implementation of innovative projects, as well as maintains interest in innovative, research, creative and independent activities.