Social transformations, changings on the labour market, in particular in the educational services' sector, need qualitative modifications in conceptual principles of prospective geography teachers’ vocational training. As a result of scientific literature's studying, the essence of the problem of prospective teachers' geography training for hiking and local-lore activities has been analyzed, and a set of conclusions have been formulated. Until the mid 20th century scientists had been researching organisation of tourist-related and regional studies activities mostly in line with traditional school didactics. Only at the end of the second half of the 20th century – at the beginning of the 21st century interest for the organisation of students’ tourism and their studies of local lore grew higher. During this period foundations have been laid for touristic and local-lore activities as a pedagogical category in tertiary institutions. Attempts are being made to study this question in the context of new pedagogical technologies. Therefore explorers have concentrated their attention on professional competence, description of its significant indications and structure, on diagnostics.

М.В. Фомiн, А.В. Iвченко * сюжет «загробної трапези» в античних поховальних пам'ятках пiвнiчного причорномор'я За даними античних некрополів Північного Причорномор'я аналізується втілення давньогрецьких уявлень про посмертну долю (сюжет «загробної трапези») у деяких категоріях археологічного матеріалу. Розглянуто кам'яні надгробки та підземні склепи. К л ю ч о в і с л о в а: Північне Причорномор'я, перші ст. н. е., посмертна доля, сюжет «загробної трапези», надгробок, камера склепу.

Leadership development corresponds to the focus on the individual’s success and competitiveness strategy. This is the optimal direction of the organization of attitude development because it covers two aspects of the student’s personality development: professionally-oriented and self-centric. The aim of the study is to identify and compare the leadership level in second- and fourth-year students to see dynamics of development and implementation of the leadership phenomenon in the professional and personal making up of future specialists. The task was to: (1) diagnose the existing educational impact of the university environment on the formation of leadership competencies; (2) clarify the relationship between the objective level of leadership skills development and assessment of leadership characteristics by students themselves; (3) determining tactics for further support and / or stimulation of personal and professional leadership skills of students; (4) elucidating the relationship between leadership skills and academic performance; (5) determining the universal prerequisites for the formation of leadership qualities of students. Based on the theoretical analysis of the issue, the authors developed an objective and subjective diagnostic model for leadership skills. In this study, data of the objective diagnostic technique are the key. Subjective diagnostic technique for leadership skills provides insights for problem interpretation. At the level of the first group of respondents, the average Leadership Skills Level of the second-year students was quite low and was found within the medium level. The second group of respondents consisting of the fourth-year students showed a slight but effective improvement. The Leadership Skills of this group were found at a sufficient level. Positive dynamics was revealed for all criteria of leadership skills as a result of applying objective diagnostic methods: decreased percentage of students with negative and relatively low markers of Leadership Skills Level and corresponding increase in percentage of students with positive markers of Leadership Skills Level. Further research can be organized in the direction of identifying and developing successful universal and professionally-oriented tactics for leadership development in students as part of attitude development.

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