Pedagogical Conditions for Training Future Geography Teachers for Continuous Professional Development

Abstract

The article defines and characterizes the pedagogical conditions for training future geography teachers for continuous professional development. It is about ensuring the positive motivation of students, creating an environment in higher education institutions conducive to continuous professional development, innovative direction the content of education, forms, methods and means of training for the preparation of future geography teachers for continuous professional development, the implementation of individual scientific research of future geography teachers in the subject specialty. The purpose of the article is to define and substantiate the pedagogical conditions of the system of training future geography teachers for continuous professional development. Among the research methods the following are used: description, synthesis, systematization, comparison and generalization of the analyzed data, methods of pedagogical modeling and forecasting. Results. Providing positive motivation of future geography teachers for continuous professional development can be seen through a combination of factors and processes that encourage future teachers to study and assimilate subject geographic knowledge and form the professional competencies of a geography teacher. The creation of an environment conducive to continuous professional development of future geography teachers is characterized by a comfortable moral and psychological climate at the university; growth of the culture of academic integrity and responsibility of all participants in the educational process; implementation of pedagogical facilitation and tutoring in the training of future geography teachers; stimulating future teachers of geography to self-education and self-development, considering the individual characteristics. Conclusions. The innovative direction of the content of education, forms, methods and means of training for the preparation of future geography teachers for continuous professional development is determined through the introduction of an innovative educational environment by combining both traditional forms of education and using of innovative methods, technologies, learning tools (introduction of case technology, use electronic geographic maps and atlases, digital excursions and virtual tours, geoinformation systems and technologies, etc.). Individual scientific research in the system of training future teachers of geography for continuous professional development is determined by the individuality, continuity and consistency of research work through the study of theoretical and methodological features of teaching geography in institutions of general secondary education.