Modern Educational Programs for the Training of Preschool Teachers: Experience in the Implementation and Assessment of Educational Results of Students
The article discusses strategies how to change training of preschool educators in Russia because in many countries the importance and relevance of preschool education in the process of child development is recognized. It describes the changes in the approach of training of preschool educators. Authors highlight the specifics in design and implementation of preschool education bachelor's and master's training programs. The upgrade of teachers' training is aimed primarily at training's professionalization. The ways to change programs are the introduction of a modular principle of programs design, increasing students' practice classes, the process of assessing the results of their learning. The methods for assessing the competencies of future teachers of preschool educational organizations are presented. The most suitable method for the presented concept of education is solving pedagogical problems (or cases). Some examples of descriptors and tasks are given. The data of assessing the competencies of students are presented. There is an obvious gap between the results of the formation of various competencies. Some programs offered by the Institute of Childhood of Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia are presented in the article. It is shown that the conceptual development of educational program's competence-based model plays now a crucial role.