Pre-University Teacher Training for Secondary School Students in a Networked Environment

Abstract

This article analyzes the findings of the study aimed at determining pedagogical conditions of arranging a class in teaching that would contribute to developing important professional motives, qualities, expertise, and skills in secondary school students, which are necessary to master and promote the occupation of a teacher. The issue under study is relevant due to the necessity for acquiring teaching staff. Analysis of foreign studies has shown that acquiring motivated, dedicated, and committed young people as teachers may be determined by the issue of global politics. It was found out that, both in Russia and globally, there is a necessity to create an environment for identifying, maintaining, and developing the background qualities of an efficient teacher for senior secondary school students. Analysis of networked action taken by the Secondary School No. 28 for the city of Rybinsk, Yaroslavl Oblast, and its social partners in order to arrange activities for the class in teaching is among the leading research methods. The following methods were used as well: analysis of student engagement, generalization of experience in working for educational institutions, monitoring of student development, questionnaires, focus groups, analysis of the student survey results, etc. The study reveals the pedagogical conditions and ways to arrange the class in teaching that would contribute to the conscious decision of students choosing the occupation of a teacher. Relatively low costs of organizing the pre-university training, low number of additional staff engaged, and growing social activity in students prove its efficiency. The conclusion is made regarding the efficiency of implementing a training program shaped as a class in teaching conducted in a networked environment, which would provide the opportunity to use the resources of various organizations taking into account students’ interests.