THE INNOVATIVE FEATURES OF THE NEW PRESERVICE TEACHER TRAINING CURRICULUM IN UKRAINE
THE INNOVATIVE FEATURES OF THE NEW PRESERVICE TEACHER TRAINING CURRICULUM IN UKRAINE

Author(s): Olga GONCHAROVA
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Education, Adult Education, Pedagogy
Published by: Biblioteca Ştiinţifică a Universităţii de Stat Alecu Russo
Keywords: future teacher; innovation; pre-service teacher training; English; Methodology Curriculum; Methodology course; School experience; modules;
Summary/Abstract: The article gives a detailed description of the innovative features of the joint project of the British Council Ukraine and the Ministry of Education and Science Ukraine which is called “New Generation School Teacher”. The project appeared as a response to recent changes and developments in education and society. The author acquaints the readers with the definition of the terms “innovation” and “pedagogical innovation”,provides a rationale for the importance of the changes in the system of teacher training in Ukraine. The article presents the results of the Baseline study. The author highlights that innovative Methodology Curriculum intends to provide students with important professional skills related to methodology, it also gives scope for developing essential life skills. A list of these skills is also given in the article (communication skills, time management skills,information literacy skills, etc.). Moreover, the article provides essential information on the innovations, which characterize the Methodology curriculum. The attention is also drawn to the fact that in this innovative Curriculum the topics of the traditional Methodology course are revised and substantially updated. The content of the discipline is complemented with innovative topics that must be taken into account in the process of learning English. All units of the Curriculum can be split into 2 main groups: Re-conceptualized and New ones. There is also a detailed description of School Experience, which is an essential part of the Methodology course,because School Experience is aimed at linking methodology classes to teaching at school.

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