MUSEUM PEDAGOGY AS A MEANS OF FORMING THE GENERAL CULTURAL COMPETENCE OF PEDAGOGICAL EDUCATION APPLICANTS

Abstract

In the study the term “museum pedagogy” was defined, the tasks of museum pedagogy were
cleared up, the models (European, Anglo-American, Eastern European) of museum pedagogical activity
were characterized. The research presented the technology of developing general cultural competence of
prospective teachers by means of museum pedagogy, which was represented by the following
components: the purpose of learning, didactic principles; content, methods, means of education;
organization forms of training; the result of activity. The authors designed the technology of the
development of general cultural competence of prospective teachers by means of museum pedagogy. Its
components were revealed in detail, namely: cognitive, value-oriented, communication and activity
components. The organizational, experimental, expositional, and expert stages were described. Based on
the well-founded structure of general cultural competence and its criteria, indicators of the development
of general cultural competence of prospective teachers by means of museum pedagogy were developed.
Didactic conditions for the successful development of general cultural competence of prospective
teachers by means of museum pedagogy have been practically implemented: 1) identification of signs and
indicators of the development of all components of general cultural competence by means of museum
pedagogy; 2) selection and implementation of pedagogical tasks that contributed to the development of
each structural component of general cultural competence; 3) application of a systematic approach with
definition of the goal, structuring of content, selection of methods, means and forms of design of
experimental technology; 4) use of specific opportunities and educational potential of museum pedagogy,
active learning methods, museum objects and museum environment, figurative language of exposition and works of art. The results of the experimental study were presented, which allowed affirming the
positive dynamics of the development of general cultural competence of prospective teachers by means of
museum pedagogy.