Improving teacher's professional competence as a condition for education of intercultural tolerance of junior schoolchildren

Abstract

The article reveals the relevance of the issue of professional competence, the innovative activity of teachers, as a condition for educating intercultural tolerance of junior students, which is determined by the scope of competencies, the scope of powers in the field of professional activity, outlining individual style of work.The analysis of the essence of professional competence of a teacher, professional training of a specialist, and his professional competence is covered, where the first concept reflects the process of mastering the necessary knowledge and skills, and the second – the result of this process, qualitative characteristics. The problem of definition of professional pedagogical competence which reflects essential properties and relations of all subjects of pedagogical science is analyzed. The most significant feature of the research is the interpretation of the concept of «professional competence of a teacher» as the integration of the appropriate level of professional knowledge, skills, and abilities of the teacher, his personal qualities, which are manifested as a result of the activity (level of education). The potential of professional competence of a teacher, awareness of the relevance and necessity of professional activity, the desire to effectively implement it, knowledge of the essence of tolerance and the peculiarities of its formation in junior high school students; acceptance of the child, empathic understanding; setting for tolerance in teaching; mastery of forms and methods of tolerance formation is an emotionally positive motivation of a teacher in the process of education of tolerance in junior schoolchildren. The article emphasizes the need for the process of improving the professional competence of teachers in the education of intercultural tolerance of primary school students and outlines the stages: organizational and informational, practical, effective. They included acquaintance with the information on education of intercultural tolerance of junior schoolchildren, the program of increase of professional competence of teachers.