Formation of Information and Communication Competence in Specialists of Preschool Education as the Demand of Modern Times

Abstract

The article deals with the necessity of mastering modern information and communication technologies (ICT) by specialists of preschool education and the effective use of such technologies during the educational process in preschool educational institutions. It determined the task of forming teachers' information and communication competence as one of the dominant at the present stage of development of the digital society, as it is vital for both personal growth and professional duties. The aim was to highlight the results of the study in the context of clarifying the organizational and pedagogical conditions for the content of formation of information and communication competence in preschool education institutions. The pedagogical research was carried out in 4 stages: ascertaining, preparatory, formative and control. It involved pedagogical workers of 6 preschool education institutions in Cherkasy, Uman, Smila in Cherkasy region and Pereiaslav, Kyiv region of Ukraine (46 people in total). According to the results of research-experimental work the effectiveness of the use of certain organizational and pedagogical conditions forthe formation of information-communication competence in preschool teachers was proved. A holistic and systematic process of awareness of the use of ICT will contribute to the formation of information and communication competence in preschool education specialists.