Making up of social and psychological portrait of the moden preschooler – up-to-date research task for future teachers
Making up of social and psychological portrait of the moden preschooler – up-to-date research task for future teachers

Summary/Abstract: Issues of training quality of specialists in preschool education are updated In the research article. Contradictions between individual qualitative criteria for its evaluation have been identified. It is stated that the level of innovative culture of a significant number of teachers does not correspond with the requirements of modern times. One of the reasons for this situation is the lack of flexibility of higher education, the slow reorientation towards new ways of working with future teachers. It is substantiated the necessity of forming, among future teachers, objective, realistic knowledge of the distinctive features of the preschooler of the XXI century. The reasons for the inefficiency of traditional instruments of influence on the formation of a children’s picture of the world in the modern educational process are mentioned. It is pointed out the necessity to systematize and generalize the impressions of students, their perceptions of a modern preschool child. The main content of the article is devoted to the analysis setting the priorities and preferences of modern senior pre-school children and comparing the results with the corresponding characteristics of pre-school children in the second half of the last century. This analysis carried out by the students at several pedagogical universities in the form of scientific research. The results of interviewing modern children are compared with the social and psychological characteristic of a six year old boy - fictional character of V.Dragunskij, who lived more than 60 years ago. Students have found similarities and differences in such aspects as: attitudes towards close people, to the assessment of themselves by others; favorite activities, attitude to nature, taste preferences, favorite entertainment etc. Such a research carried out by students revealed its positive impact on the formation of a value attitude among students towards children and childhood, motivation for the future profession.

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