PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PEDAGOGICAL CLASSES AS AN ELEMENT OF THE SYSTEM OF CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL AND PEDAGOGICAL EDUCATION
The article deals with and analyzes the actual problem of modern education, substantiation of the role of psychological and pedagogical classes in the formation of the future teacher. Trends in modern society affect changes in the education system and consistency becomes a priority, which determines the continuous process of preparing a student for the profession of a teacher. The author of the article characterizes the main features of continuous professional and pedagogical education, which is based on the implementation of the idea of psychological and pedagogical classes. Revealing the essence of psychological and pedagogical classes, the author draws attention to the historical and technological justifications for the development of this system. The effectiveness of the process of work of psychological and pedagogical classes among students of senior classes of a general educational organization is especially emphasized. Thus, the main indicators of the author of the article include: readiness for professional activity; motivation and awareness to obtain a profession, as well as professional self-determination in the profession of a teacher, which once again confirms the truth of the statements of the great Russian teacher K.D. Ushinsky, who argued that the main component of professional orientation is motivation, early self-determination in professional activities, affecting the emergence of interest in the profession of a teacher. Only a graduate of the school motivated for professional and pedagogical activity is able to qualitatively transform the crisis state of vocational and pedagogical education in the modern era of the development of Russian society. Based on theoretical analysis and practical psychological and pedagogical experience, the author conducted an empirical study among students of schools in the Voronezh region. The analysis of the data made it possible to identify the important role of psychological and pedagogical classes as an element in continuous professional and pedagogical education, which directly predetermines the early stage of personal development in professional and pedagogical formation.