SELF-MANAGEMENT OF STUDENTS' EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AS A COMPONENT OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH DISTANCE SUPPORT

Introduction. The successful activity of any person is largely determined by the ability to manage oneself. Managing one's own personality is related to self-knowledge, a critical attitude towards oneself, analysis and development of strengths, and the ability to see and correct one's mistakes. The formation of an internal need for self-realization becomes a requirement of time and a condition for the realization of a person's personal potential because a person's ability to fulfil himself at a level adequate to his claims depends entirely on his individual involvement in the independent process of assimilating new knowledge. Therefore, one of the goals of professional training is the need to form strong fundamental knowledge, practical abilities and skills in students on the basis of which he would be able to study independently in the direction he needs; therefore it is necessary to develop self- management of students' educational activities. Purpose. The article aims to analyse the peculiarities of self-management of students' educational activities as a component of professional development by means of remote support. Methods. Analysis, synthesis, comparison, abstraction, modelling, survey, content analysis, testing, specially developed questionnaires, individual and complex conversations with students, teachers, educators, directors (managers) and methodologists of preschool institutions. Results. Self-management of students' educational activities is a student's activity motivated and directed by the goals of self-organization and self-regulation of his professionally significant educational activities, which is carried out with the help of a system of intellectual operations aimed at solving the tasks of independent rational organization of one's activities, the formation of self-organization competencies, which is considered as a transition from the external organization of the educational process by the teacher to the self-organization of self- education of students. The main goal of self-management of students' educational activities is to use their own capabilities as effectively as possible to overcome external circumstances and optimize their time. The process of managing one's own activities generally consists of the following stages: setting management goals and objectives, making decisions regarding the organization of the implementation of the assigned tasks, organization of activities for the implementation of tasks and the achievement of the set goals, self-control and control of the results. A worksystem has been developed for the organization of self-management of students' educational activities as a component of professional development, based on the principles of psychological comfort, systematic formation of knowledge, self-organization, training regulation, diversity, individualization and differentiation. Originality. The main functions of self-management of students' educational activities are defined: self- motivation, goal-setting, planning, decision-making, implementation and organization, control, information and communication and the structure of self-management of students in educational activities: gnostic competence, design competence, technological competence, communicative competence, organizational competence, reflective competence, control and self-assessment competence. The key skills of effective self-management of students' educational activities are defined: as the ability to manage one, set clear personal goals, emphasize continuous personal growth, apply effective decision-making strategies, etc. Conclusion. Self-management is one of the conditions for students' self-realization because the mastering and conscious application of self-management techniques makes it possible to significantly increase the creative and professional potential of students due to their wise use of their time, which makes it possible to achieve the goals of self-realization in a shorter time.