Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to bare the peculiarities and challenges of the dual training (DT) of the future primary school teachers in the Republic of Kazakhstan. The above-mentioned problem is quite urgent, as the system of VET and DT is a rather new experience for Kazakhstani system of higher education. Thereby, the paper makes an effort to demonstrate the forms of organization of DT at teachers’ training university.
Design/methodology/approach
The instruments for gathering information (data) for this study were various primary school teachers’ training curricula adopted by Kazakh State Women’s Teacher Training University; in particular, curricula of teaching practice. Various types of teaching practice during the entire learning period are provided by the state educational standards of higher professional education. Therefore, the research utilized a retrospective analysis that allows identifying the nature and specifics of the primary school teachers’ training curricula.
Findings
The paper points out the necessity to strengthen practical orientation of future primary school teacher through the synthesis of academic and educational processes (in school). It also presents the differences between the organization of teaching practice based on traditional and dual approach.
Originality/value
The authors suggest project curriculum of continuous teaching practice during the entire learning process on the example of the specialty 5B010200 Pedagogy and methodology of primary education in the context of DT and some results of its implementation.
The article is devoted to the study of development issues, the formation of the basics of health-saving competence in children of senior preschool age. Due to the fact that the issues of forming the basics of health-saving competence in senior preschool children in the Kazakh academic community is studied extremely poorly and is not specifically allocated, the authors based on the analysis of the structure and content of the concept of “health science” generalized theoretical provisions on the nature of health-saving competence of researchers from far and near abroad. The results of the study will increase awareness of the effectiveness of the development of the formation of the foundations of health-saving competency in senior preschool children among the academic community and the Kazakh society as a whole, can serve as the basis for further theoretical research in the field of studying the formation of health-saving competence in senior preschool children.
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