THEORETICAL FUNDAMENTALS OF FUTURE UKRAINIAN AND LITERATURE TEACHER TRAINING FOR ETHNOCULTURAL ACTIVITY

Topical issues of future Ukrainian and literature teachers’ preparations for the ethnocultural activity in general secondary educational institutions, in particular, the introduction of active, personal, cultural approaches in the process of professional training are considered in the article. The implementation of the active approach in the process of training future teachers of the Ukrainian language and literature ensures the development of future teachers’ personal traits and qualities. It influences the formation of their attitude, interests, values, professional positions, etc. The peculiarity of the active approach in the process of preparing future Ukrainian and literature teachers for ethnocultural activity in general secondary educational institutions is primarily in the mastering of the integrative system of knowledge of Ukrainian history, culturology, ethnography, Ukrainian studies, general pedagogy (ethno-pedagogy), general and social psychology, the Ukrainian language and literature and methods of their teaching. The competent approach is aimed at developing the creative potential of the individual both a teacher and a graduate, and also contributes to the formation of the necessary skills, abilities, experience, and behavioral patterns of personality in the learning process. A teacher acts as an organizer of an educational activity and a student is an active independent and creative personality. The organization of the educational process in the context of a personal approach in higher educational institutions involves focusing on the student’s personality, goals, motives, preferences, as well as creating the necessary conditions and taking into consideration the individual experience. In addition, such activity provides the mutual development of a student’s and a teacher’s personalities in the process of their joint activity to promote mutual respect, mutual understanding, increasing the authority of a teacher. The application of the cultural approach contributes to the formation of the basic Ukrainian and literature teacher’s culture. Such a combination of the scientific approaches ensures the organization of the optimal educational process aimed at mastering the content of pedagogical culture, as well as the formation of the teacher’s ethnocultural outlook.