FORMATION PRINCIPLES OF DEVELOPMENTAL TRAINING TECHNOLOGIES FOR TEACHERS WITHIN POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION

Presently there is a need in working out new training programs (technologies, methods) for teachers providing their personal and professional development. The research revealed that the principles are a theoretical base for working out developmental teaching technology for teachers concerning all components of the process. Among them are the following principles: coverage of semantic sphere of teachers in the learning process, the social context of adult education, the priority of personal and professional development of teachers´ professional skills updating, ensuring of teachers' involvement in the process of generating new knowledge, understanding of the educational situation as the basic unit of teachers' postgraduate education; teachers' active involvement in learning activities; the integrity of the content, forms, methods and conditions of professional activities; development of reflective thinking. In general, they reflect the essence of technology that shall meet the needs of teaching practice for implementing a competence-based approach to adult education.