Formation of health-preserving competence of preschool children by means of information and communication technologies

Abstract

The article considers the importance of information and communication technologies for the formation of health-preserving competence of preschool children. The authors propose a detailed analysis of the following concepts: “information and communication technologies”, “health-preserving competence”, “information environment”, “healthy lifestyle”. Based on this analysis, the importance of using information and communication technologies in the organization of the educational process in preschool educational institutions is discovered. The article highlights the possibilities of information and communication technologies for the formation of health-preserving competence of preschool children. The role of information and communication technologies in the organization of information and educational environment of preschool education is figured out. This article evolves the opinion that knowledge, skills, abilities, valuable orientations in the aspect of health-preserving competence should be considered within the information and communication competence as one of its components. The technologies that provide the formation of health-preserving competence of children are described. The following statement is determined: information and communication technologies are one of the priority conditions for health-saving usage of software and hardware in the educational process. The authors substantiate the importance of educational work among children, parents, teachers and administration of preschool institutions to increase their information and communication competence, to organize effective educational process and establish partnership with parents. It is emphasized that methodically correct usage of information and communication technologies contributes to the modernization of the process of health-preserving competence formation of preschool children. Keywords: preschool education, health, teacher, information environment, educational environment, preschool education institution, information and communication technologies, information and communication competence, health preservation, health preservation competence, software, healthy lifestyle.