Formation of the Future Teachers’ Pedagogical Image of the New Ukrainian School

Abstract

The topicality of the research is caused by the reforming general secondary education, which leads to the change in approaches to the future teachers' training. The New Ukrainian School needs a new teacher with their own personal-professional qualities, the combination of which makes pedagogical image. Positive pedagogical image is an important condition for the specialist's competitiveness and a guarantee of the prestige of the educational institution in which they work. The article aims to reveal the specifics of the formation of pedagogical image of the future teachers of the New Ukrainian School. The concept of “image” is seen as a holistic image of the personality, perceived by others and allows forming general idea of its owner. The pedagogical image of a teacher is defined as a set of external and internal elements, the possession of which creates a holistic image of a highly qualified specialist. The structural model of the pedagogical image of the primary school teacher of the New Ukrainian School is interpreted as the unity of three mutually conditioned components: internal (values, emotional intelligence, basic competencies, I-concept), external (habitual, verbal, kinetic) and procedural (leadership and communication style, self-development and self-improvement, creativity, openness to changes, partnership relations, combination of functions of facilitator, tutor, coach, moderator). The program of forming positive pedagogical image of the future teacher of the New Ukrainian School has been presented as a holistic process consisting of five stages. The implementation of the mentioned program is facilitated by the use of various technologies, forms and methods, in particular, interactive technologies, the method of projects, training sessions, coaching.