EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAMME OF FUTURE TEACHERS’ PEDAGOGICAL FACILITATION IN TERMS OF HIGHER EDUCATION

The paper deals with pedagogical facilitation phenomenon and its potential in using by a modern teacher within the framework of teaching at school. The following indicators of the pedagogical facilitation maturity in future students have been distinguished: empathy, emotional intelligence, motivation for teaching, pedagogical thinking; awareness of the specifics of pedagogical communication, the need for communication, the ability for self-management in communication, perceptually interactive competence, non-verbal competence, communication attitude, reflexive pedagogical skills, self-esteem, professional self-awareness. An experimental programme for the formation of future teachers' pedagogical facilitation has been designed and implemented into the educational process. The programme envisaged the enrichment of the material of normative disciplines (such as Pedagogy, Psychology, Methodology of Educational Work) with information on phenomenological signs of facilitation in the work of a teacher, providing students with knowledge of modern roles of a teacher as a facilitator, adviser, and tutor. The practical aspect of work with students involved the development of mechanisms of pedagogical facilitation – pedagogical support for the personal growth of students and pedagogical support of their educational achievements. The effectiveness of the designed programme has been verified by analyzing the dynamics of the manifestation of each indicator at the initial and final stages of the experiment.