The article analyzes and summarizes Ukrainian and international scientific experience about soft skills, which are non-technical, non-material, specific personality skills, which in combination with hard skills, ensure the successful self-realization of higher education applicants in their future professional activities. A survey of employers of the specialty Secondary education in subject specializations was conducted and the need for higher education applicants to acquire such soft skills as critical thinking skills, effective oral and written communication, ability to work in a team, self-motivation, creativity, moral tolerance, stress resistance, pedagogical leadership, etc., and the need to update and improve the quality of training for higher education applicants in pedagogical institutions of higher education. Within the framework of a scientific study, taking into account the professional standard “Teacher of an institution of general secondary education”, an attempt was made to identify ways to form soft skills for higher education applicants in the implementation of educational and professional programs of the specialty Secondary education in subject specializations at the Sumy State Pedagogical University, in particular, the study of the cycle of general and vocational training, practical training, final certification, non-formal education, building an individual educational trajectory, etc. The forms and methods of teaching are considered – seminars and laboratory classes, trainings, independent work; essays, project activities, abstracts, discussions, presentations, which is of particular importance in the era of online learning. Theoretical and practical developments of scientific research that are structured on the basis of analysis, generalization, and empirical methods will contribute to the modernization of educational and professional programs, the improvement of the internal system for ensuring the quality of higher education. Keywords: soft skills; educational program; teacher, students; employers; forms and methods of teaching; professional activities; higher education institution.
The article describes the methodological approaches to the formation of the local linguistic competence of the future geography teacher in the course of local history tourism. Methodological approaches to the formation of the local linguistic competence of the future geography teacher in the process of local and tourist work, such as activity, system, personal, technological, are determined. Generally, methodological approaches to the formation of local lore play a role to the development of students' positive motivation in professional activity, cognitive abilities, ability to quickly and easily enrich their knowledge through the conscious use of information flows related to current issues and knowledge in the orientation of the educational process. Formation of local lore should be aimed at mastering students' personal traits that ensure personality-oriented and harmonious development. It is noted that fundamentally new approaches to the political, economic and social progress of the state, insufficient development of local lore and tourism as an effective means of personality formation, acquaintance with the natural and urban environment make the necessity of significant changes in the future geography teachers' professional training. All this actualizes new approaches to vocational training, and in particular, the future geography teacher in the field of tourism. In the course of the conducted research, we have concluded that methodological approaches of formation of local lore competence in the process of future geography teacher's training are one of the main components for scientific substantiation of effective vocational training. The theoretical principles of determining methodological approaches to the formation of the professional and regional competence of the future geography teacher are described.
The article highlights the problems of using the Google Jamboard board in the educational process of higher education students on the example of social and geographical disciplines of OPP Secondary education (Geography. Biology and human health). It is noted that globalization, the transition to scientific and information technologies, the formation of a “knowledge society” significantly affect the nature of education, in particular, the perception of its quality. Information technologies in training make it possible to achieve the main goals of the modernization of education: to improve the quality of education and training, to ensure the formation of a harmoniously developed personality, ideally positioned in the information space. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Russian-Ukrainian war, when online learning is a challenge of our time, informatization of education is especially relevant. The results of a questionnaire survey applicants for higher education. The attraction to the use of Jamboard in the process of teaching social and geographical disciplines has been determined. It is noted that thanks to the use of Google Jamboard in teaching social and geographical disciplines of future geography teachers, several important tasks are solved at once. Applicants for education form a steady interest in the process of acquiring knowledge, ability to search, process and analyze information from a variety of sources, to work confidently and critically using information society technologies and communication, the ability to work in a team, to communicate on professional issues. Keywords: innovation; informatization of education; information technology of training; interactive whiteboard; Google Jamboard; information society; computerized learning; technical means of training.