Method of projects as a resource for professional and personal development of a future teacher

Abstract

The article is devoted to the problem of professional and personal development of future teachers. Modern society needs highly educated specialists who are ready for the challenges of the time. The teacher must possess not only subject competencies, but also high adaptability to updates, susceptibility to pedagogical innovations, dynamism, flexibility, mobility, digital literacy. Actual requirements for a teacher against the backdrop of rapid changes in society determine the content of his professional training, which is undergoing transformations at different levels. Attention is focused on the method of projects as a resource for the development of professional and personal characteristics of a specialist, ensuring his demand in the labor market. The project method is understood as a joint search-cognitive, creative, productive activity of a teacher and students, aimed at finding a solution to a problem that has arisen and culminating in a practical result. The experience of the successfully implemented information and creative project "Is it good to be able to read?", which became the winner of the International Festival "Children of the Rainbow: Socialization and Development of Communication Skills", 2021. More than 200 people took part in the project. Among them are students of the PSTGU pedagogical direction, children with disabilities and their parents. The work on the project included the stages of forecasting, modeling, design, actual design, testing and reflection. The final product of the project was an interactive digital content developed by students on the Microsoft Sway platform. The article analyzes the didactic, developing, diagnostic, educational possibilities of the project method. The importance of project activities for the development of professional competence of a teacher is shown. The results of a survey of students about the advantages and difficulties of project activities at the university are presented. The results of the analysis of the successful experience of project activities show its potential in the development of a future teacher with a conscious pedagogical position and readiness for active and creative activity. A conclusion is formulated about the resource of the project method, which contributes to building a constructive path for the development of a person in the profession.