PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF A HISTORY TEACHER IN THE CONTEXT OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CONCEPT OF THE NEW UKRAINIAN SCHOOL

Abstract

Socio-political, economic and cultural changes in recent decades, multiplied by the deep social crisis that has engulfed the modern world, have affected not only production and political processes but also education. These new external and internal factors cause the need to adjust the existing conceptual foundations of training teachers to work in the New Ukrainian school, which determines the topicality of our study. The article analyzes the theoretical and methodological aspects of the professional development of a history teacher and their reflection in the semantic, operational and contextual components of the qualification component of the pedagogical skills of the New Ukrainian School teacher. The concept of “New Ukrainian School” is described as a key reform of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and the state educational policy of Ukraine on quality assurance of education is analyzed. It was found that according to the State Standard basic platform for the formation of the integral image of the pedagogical skills NUS teacher is formed by fourteen core competence. It creates a perfect image of the teacher. It is established that in the theory the teacher professionalism is defined as a specific psychological and personal production, characterized by professional competence and the ability to perform creatively professional tasks. The specification of cognitive-technological qualities are necessary for mastering the historical sciences is given, which in its content and form is based on the dual mechanism of mastering historical material in the direction from the knowledge of the historical fact to awareness of it as a part of one's own life. It is substantiated that the leading role in the teacher’s professional development is in his ability to innovate, components of which are a clear motivation and meaningful innovative position, the ability not only to join innovation processes but also to be the initiator. According to the results of the study, the updated functional component of the professional activity of the New Ukrainian School teacher directs his professional evolution towards the modernization of the established general education model and causes reinterpretation of its place and role in the native education environment.