PROFESSIONAL AND PEDAGOGICAL TRAINING OF TEACHERS IN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES: CURRENT TRENDS
In European countries, general trends in the development of professional higher education in the context of globalization and internationalization are focused. Knowledge and consideration of them optimize the inclusion of Belarusian teacher training system in the integration process.The purpose of the article is to identify the leading trends in the modernization of professional and pedagogical training in the context of Bologna process on the basis of a comparative analysis of the experience of European countries.Material and methods. The material was the scientific works of Russian and domestic scientists in the field of comparative pedagogy. The methods of theoretical analysis, comparison and generalization, inductive and deductive in their unity, as well as retrospective methods were used.Findings and their discussion. With the transition to the Bologna Standards, special attention in European countries is paid to the comparability of qualifications based on the harmonization of professional and pedagogical training programs from the standpoint of a competence-based approach, the introduction of a modular training system, the implementation of accreditation within a unified quality control system, further correlation of the content of education with the prospect of introducing a European dimension into it. The leading trends are: moving teacher training to the field of higher education, increasing the criteria for selecting students,increasing the terms of training specialists, strengthening the professional orientation of pedagogical education, expanding the scope of teacher training.Conclusion. The material presented in the article can provide information support in the implementation of the Bologna Recommendations in the field of professional and pedagogical education of teachers in Belarus.