A New Approach to Pedagogical Local History in the Professional Development of the Teacher of the Future: From Comprehension to Translation

The importance of the problem under study stems from the rising demands of the state and modern society for a teacher’s professional growth. The objective of this paper is to establish a new format of pedagogical local history as a strategic resource for professional development of the teacher of the future. The notion of pedagogical local history has been explained from the standpoint of a branch of pedagogical science that investigates the past and current situation of education in the country and its areas. Through the generalization of sources, clarification and interpretation of formulations, a new approach was proposed to understanding pedagogy as it relates to the professional readiness of the future teacher to independently manage his or her career, to determine the trajectory of profession, and to set desirable goals to promote the cultural heritage through the interaction of times, the development of a new one, and the preservation of the past. By incorporating the main principles of digitalization into pedagogical practices, regional pedagogical traditions were articulated in the context of the cultural heritage of generations of the Orenburg region. Regional factors have been found as having a novel quality to the seemingly well-known processes of professional evolution of the future teacher due to their “territorial” nature. The influence of pedagogical local history on the construction of a distinctive individual-creative style of a new evolution teacher, as well as the enrichment of historical and pedagogical heritage, was assessed analytically. The authors conclude that evaluating the strategic resources of pedagogical local history, which could play a certain reinforcing role in preparing a teacher for innovative pedagogical activities, based on the traditions and historical experience of studying the region and understanding the modern problems of its development, is of current importance. The Google Forms tool was used to conduct an online survey of 235 instructors.