PEDAGOGICAL CREATIVITY AS A SIGNIFICANT COMPONENT IN THE PROCESS OF PROFESSIONAL TRAINING OF THE FUTURE PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHER

Abstract

The main components that make up the professional activity of a teacher are professional knowledge and skills, didactic, communicative, organizational, research and creative abilities. Among the mentioned components of the pedagogical activity, one of the most significant is creative, because today society needs a specialist who has not only a functional readiness for professional activity but also develops as a creative person with clear goals. The new Ukrainian school needs a primary school teacher, who is creative in his work with junior schoolchildren. The effectiveness of the activities largely depends on how creative their pedagogical position will be, the formation of which takes place in the higher education environment of the university. The article analyses pedagogical creativity as a significant component in the process of professional training of future primary school teachers. The concept of “creativity”, “pedagogical creativity” in the context of professional training of future primary school teachers of higher education institutions is considered. The paper reveals that the formation of pedagogical creativity is facilitated by the introduction of technological elements of personality-oriented learning in lectures, seminars and practical classes. The author emphasized that the foundation for the formation of pedagogical creativity of future primary school teachers is pedagogical interaction, in which the teacher and the applicant are subjects of the educational environment of the pedagogical institution of higher education, the formation of cognitive interests and needs of students, control and self-control. It was found that pedagogical creativity is a significant component in the professional activity of primary school teachers, and hence in the training of future primary school teachers in higher education, as it is a necessary condition for the educational process, which gives teachers the opportunity to act original and creative in different situations that optimizes the learning process of junior students. Keywords: creativity; pedagogical creativity; future primary school teacher; professional training; educational environment; higher education institution; professional competencies; junior schoolchildren; pedagogical interaction.