Professional Training of the Future Teacher: Ethno-Cultural Component

Abstract

The problem of preparing a future teacher in the system of higher education is considered one of the key in pedagogical science. The formation of competencies in the profession, values and personal qualities act as interacting factors of one phenomenon and influence the qualitative functioning of the pedagogical system. Modern pedagogy focuses on the importance of cultural components, and the cultural approach expands the content of teacher education, creating conditions for the development and self-development of future teachers in a cultural and educational environment. The purpose of the article is to reveal the ethno-cultural basis of the professional training of the future teacher at the university. In the context of the stated problem, the author focuses on strengthening the cultural orientation of training for pedagogical activity of the future teacher and substantiates the relevance of creating a cultural and educational space of the university, in which there is an active immersion of future teachers in culture, creating conditions for the assimilation of knowledge, norms and values, the translation of humanistic values in the whole variety of social relationships and relations. Analyzes the preparation of the future teacher from the perspective of ethno-cultural orientation, considered options to fill the content of teacher education of ethno-cultural components through the education of value attitudes to world culture in general and the diversity of national traditions in particular. In the conclusions the author justifies the fact that the professional training of future teachers from the perspective of ethno-cultural orientation contributes to the solution of problems of conservation of spiritual and moral values, the continuity of the cultural past and present; conservation, recreation and transmission of cultural achievements. The materials of the study can be useful for university teachers in designing the cultural and educational space of the university.