The authors emphasize the importance of special training of future specialists in the psychological and pedagogical profile to the development of children's giftedness. Attention is focused on the importance of the formation of subjectivity as an integrative characteristic of the student. It is proved that in order to increase the activity of future teachers of gifted children during their preparation, it is necessary to make corrections in the methodology of organizing the educational process of the university. The experience of using modern technologies and techniques (business pedagogical games, case studies, “inverted training”, a portfolio of creative teacher, creative projects, individual research tasks of exploratory nature), attracting students to participation in scientific clubs and problem groups and to perform creative scientific works is theoretically grounded and shown in the process of forming them as the subjects of professional growth.

Scientific works show that it is necessary to solve the humans problem of the formation of values and value attitude. Early school age is a period of active development of ideological orientations, interests, behavioral strategies, assessments and self-evaluation. The purpose of the study lay in developing and testing the diagnostic tools of the formation of a humanistic and value attitude of the schoolchildren towards themselves and in determining on this basis the appropriate pedagogical conditions for improving the investigated quality. The primary schoolchildren (n = 317, age 8-9) took part in the study. The results of the preliminary stage of the pedagogical experiment revealed the need to raise the level of humanistic and value attitude of children (low level – 61,5%, average level – 30,9%, high level – 7,6%). Primary school teachers are important organizers of the educational process with students, but they do not use enough methods that are effective in solving this research problem. In order to humanize the environment in primary school, authors suggest using game exercises, conversations, elements of training, including children in various types of socially significant activities, creating axiological educational situations, etc.

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The relevance of the selection and development of the independent component of the preparing the future specialists of psychological and pedagogical profile in a higher educational institution, the purpose of which is to develop students’ competence in developing children’s giftedness, is substantiated. The arguments according to the need of the development of requirements and complex of qualities and skills for identifying and developing of children’s giftedness by the future teachers, starting with teachers of preschool education institutions, are given. The complexity and inconsistency of the forming the gifted individuals, the presence of special educational needs due to high abilities, original thinking, special worldview, asynchrony and other manifestations of giftedness are shown. The results of a students’ questioning regarding the using the business games in the process of preparing them for working with gifted children are presented. The significance of quasi-professional activity in general and business games in particular during the preparing the future teachers for the development of children’s giftedness is revealed. On the basis of the generalization of working experience, the pedagogical conditions of its successful organization in teaching the basic disciplines are highlighted.