Use of ICT as a Significant Factor for Formation of Readiness for Realization of Professional Self-Determination of Future Teachers

In current conditions of educational reforms in Ukraine, the role of a teacher as an active subject of the pedagogical process is increasing, together with requirements towards his personal and professional qualities. Along with high professional competence, a modern school needs a teacher with a high level of professional self-determination, with an awareness of professional responsibility for the education of the youth. Professional self-determination is extremely important for personal and professional growth of future teachers, and also decisive in the process of their professional self-realization. For effective formation of readiness for professional self-determination of future teachers, they should be involved into the use of information and communication technologies during their professional training, since it provides innovative orientation of educational process, promotes the ability to self-study and self-improvement in professional sphere. The research results concerning the impact of ICT on the formation of readiness for implementation of professional self-determination of future teachers indicate that those students who actively use ICT are characterized by a significantly higher level of readiness for professional self-determination. The growth of the index of readiness for professional self-determination within such students occurs more effectively, compared to students who do not use ICT. Higher cognitive independence and higher activity demonstrate those students who use ICT.