Methodological aspects of teaching the discipline «pedagogical psychology» for future primary school teachers

Abstract

The article reveals the relevance of the problem of professional training of a future primary school teacher, who must have psychological competence. The purpose of the article is to highlight the methodological aspects of teaching the academic discipline «Pedagogical Psychology» for future primary school teachers. In particular, the experience of professional training of first-year bachelor's degree applicants in the specialty A3 Primary Education of the Valentina Voloshyna Faculty of Preschool and Primary Education of Vinnytsia Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi State Pedagogical University is presented. The goal and objectives of studying the academic discipline «Pedagogical Psychology» are revealed. The general didactic principles on which the methodology of teaching this discipline should be based are determined: scientificity, systematicity and consistency, the connection of theory with practice, consciousness and activity, etc. The topic of the theoretical and methodological block of professional training of future teachers is proposed. Attention is focused on non-standard organizational forms that contribute to increasing cognitive activity and developing professional thinking of higher education students: problem lectures, lecture-discussions, seminar-debates, seminar-press conferences. Significant importance is given to lectures of a problematic nature, which are characterized by high efficiency. Interactive learning technologies are identified as an important means of increasing the efficiency of teaching pedagogical psychology in pedagogical institutions of higher education. Among the effective methods of activating cognitive activity, analysis, modeling of specific situations, problem questions and tasks are noted. Practical situations are proposed that ensure a close connection between theoretical knowledge and real conditions of professional activity. Attention is focused on creative tasks that are oriented towards understanding and analyzing educational material. Individual initial research tasks are identified as an important type of extracurricular independent work of higher education students. The results of the study indicate that methodologically sound teaching of pedagogical psychology contributes to the assimilation of professionally significant psychological knowledge by future teachers, the formation of practical skills and abilities necessary for the effective organization of the educational process, and the support of the comprehensive development and well-being of younger schoolchildren.