MODULAR CONCEPT OF PREPARATION OF FUTURE FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHERS FOR PEDAGOGICAL COOPERATION AT UNIVERSITIES OF THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to make an analytical description of the modular concept of preparing
future foreign teachers for pedagogical cooperation, which is being introduced into the educational process at Polish
universities. The module used in technical education is also being successfully implemented in the social sciences and plays
a special role in the process of professional pedagogical training, in particular in organizing the content of training of
future foreign language teachers. The concept of modules has proven itself well in established studies in Europe, for
example in the Netherlands.
In Poland, this concept has been applied in higher economic education, in the educational process of the Main
School of Planning and Statistics, as well as in teacher training at the Faculty of Pedagogy of the University of Warsaw.
The concept of modular learning arose from the idea of personally directed and axiological principles of content formation
of professional pedagogical training.
In the concept of modular learning, there is a noticeable departure from the logic of discipline as a criterion for
selection and scheme of content of training in favor of professional functions of the teacher. The modular concept involves
not so much “providing” the student with knowledge, skills and competencies, but rather initiating various cognitive
processes as the basis of independent learning.