PEDAGOGICAL TECHNOLOGY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHERS’ PROFESSIONAL SELF-IMPROVEMENT

Physical Education teachers' professional self-improvement comprises motivational, activity, informational and opera- tional, gnostic, and communicative components. The level of these components can be assessed by the demand and motiva- tional, functional, theoretical and methodical, communicative, as well as informational and operational criteria. It has been experimentally proved that the following pedagogical conditions contribute to Physical Education teachers' professional self- improvement: taking into account teachers' individual and age peculiarities; encouraging Physical Education teachers to self-improvement in the process of professional activities; provision of choosing personal trajectory of self-improvement tak- ing into account the guidelines for professional development. The designed pedagogical technology aimed at Physical Educa- tion teachers' professional self-improvement consists of four blocks: targeted, content, organizational and active, and control and effective ones. The implementation of this pedagogical technology results in positive dynamics of Physical Education teachers' professional self-improvement which has been experimentally proved.