MODERNIZATION OF PEDAGOGICAL EDUCATION IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION (2014-2015): EXPERIENCE OF PARTICIPATION IN THE PROJECT

In 2014, the Government of the Russian Federation approved the “Comprehensive program of professional development for the teaching staff of general education entities”. In particular, it is aimed at addressing the problem of pedagogical education modernization in accordance with the educator's professional standard and Federal State Educational Standards for general education. With the purpose of addressing this problem within the framework of this program and the Federal target programme for education development several projects were implemented, the department of pedagogy and education development of the Chuvash State University participated in one of them. In accordance with the subprogramme of pedagogical education modernization, the ChuvSU chair for pedagogy and education development evaluated one of three new modules to the project developed by the Institute of psychology and education of Kazan Federal (Volga) University. The Project Manager was Rosa Alekseevna Valeeva, Deputy Director for international activities of the Institute of psychology and education of Kazan Federal (Volga) University. The content, included in the disciplines module, greatly raises the psychological component of educators' training, raises their willingness to implement new features and labour skills, provided by the Professional Standard of an Educator. The results can be used for retraining graduate students who are not educators as well as for carrying out work on professional enhancement of educators in accordance with the requirements of the professional standard “Educator (teaching activities in the field of pre-school, primary general, basic general, secondary education) (nursery school teacher, teacher)”.