FORMATION OF INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGICAL COMPETENCE OF FUTURE COMPUTER SCIENCE TEACHERS IN THE PROCESS OF PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

Abstract

The article examines the problem of developing information and technological competence of future computer science teachers in the context of modern challenges of society and in the process of their professional training. It is stated that the modernization of higher pedagogical education requires changing the requirements for the professional activities of teachers through the important direction of modernizing the new Ukrainian school of informatization because the introduction of computer technologies into the school work system requires professional information technology competence among teaching staff and, in particular, computer science teachers, which actualizes the problem of professional information technology training of computer science teachers in the context of transformational changes in modern higher pedagogical education. The pedagogical conditions that ensure the effective formation of information and technological competence of a future computer science teacher are substantiated. They include the focus of the content of the theory and practice of training future computer science teachers on the formation of motivation for such a process; creation of a modern educational and information environment based on traditional and innovative forms and methods of conducting classes, extracurricular activities and independent work. The professional information technology competence of a future computer science teacher is understood as their ability (readiness) to solve professional information technology problems; the totality of these tasks is determined by modern directions of professional information and technological activity of a modern computer science teacher. It is noted that the information and technological competence of a modern computer science teacher presupposes the ability to solve the following professional tasks: professional tasks in the field of pedagogical management (tasks of an organizational, administrative, communication, and gnostic nature), determined by information technology activities within the school information space; professional basic pedagogical tasks determined by information and technological activities related to the organization of education for general school students using computer technologies; professional tasks associated with teaching information technology and computer science to secondary school students, as well as with the implementation of the information technology activity of a computer science teacher, determined by new state educational standards. It is concluded that the information and technological competence of a computer science teacher determines their ability to solve professional problems in situations of direct teaching activity and presupposes the presence of didactic knowledge and skills to effectively use modern technical means and computer technologies to achieve the goals of secondary school education, in particular, variable use of working methods with electronic sources of information when solving problems of professional growth; independent study of new software products, determining the feasibility of their use in solving problems of professional growth; comprehensive interaction with Internet services and resources to implement professional development; implementation of information retrieval; use of Internet resources in self-educational activities; variable use of standard software for recording the results of self-educational activities