Context-based learning in the process of training modern teachers (Preschool education)

Keywords: context, contextual approach, teachers of preschool educational institutions, context-based learning, innovative learning, studying practical work experience.

Abstract

The purpose of the academic paper lies in analysing the features and justifying the feasibility of implementing a context approach in the process of training modern teachers, in particular, specialists in preschool educational institutions. In the course of the research, data from international investigations, scientific publications and the results of a survey of students - future teachers of preschool education institutions in Ukraine have been used. In the course of the research, the viewpoints of scientists on the application of a context-based approach in training future teachers of preschool educational institutions have been clarified. Along with this, the basic advantages of context-based learning and the prospects for using the specified approach to the organization of educational process of this category of workers have been revealed by means of questionnaires.

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Author Biographies

Ruslana Naida, Rivne State University for the Humanities, Ukraine.

Head of the cycle commission, Ph.D., associate professor, Cyclic Commission of Teachers of Psychological and Pedagogical Disciplines, Rivne State University for the Humanities, Ukraine.

Nataliia Korolova, Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University, Ukraine.

PhD, Associate Professor, Foreign Languages Faculty, German Philology Department, Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University, Ukraine.

Iryna Danylchenko, Oleksandr Dovzhenko Hlukhiv national pedagogical university, Ukraine.

Pedagogical Sciences Candidate, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Preschool Education, Department of Preschool Pedagogy and Psychology, Oleksandr Dovzhenko Hlukhiv national pedagogical university, Ukraine.

Hanna Chorna, Zaporizhzhia National University, Ukraine.

Lecturer, Faculty of Social Pedagogy and Psychology, Department of Pre-school and Primary School Education, Zaporizhzhia National University, Ukraine.

Hanna Sadova, Mykolaiv V. O. Sukhomlynskyі National University, Ukraine.

Associate Professor, Candidate of Philological Sciences, Faculty of Philology, Department of Language and Literature, Mykolaiv V. O. Sukhomlynskyі National University, Ukraine.

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Published
2022-05-29
How to Cite
Naida, R., Korolova, N., Danylchenko, I., Chorna, H., & Sadova, H. (2022). Context-based learning in the process of training modern teachers (Preschool education). Amazonia Investiga, 11(52), 240-249. https://doi.org/10.34069/AI/2022.52.04.26
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