scholarly journals Digital literacy of teachers within Covid-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (33) ◽  
pp. e16853
Author(s):  
Aygul Zufarovna Ibatova ◽  
Anna Vadimovna Gromova

The article is devoted to the study of the digital competence of teachers of Surgut branch of Tyumen Industrial University, as well as their opinion on the feasibility of introducing ICT into the structure of students' education. On the basis of the survey, the ways of the ICT used by teachers were identified, the main features of the ICT used in teaching process of different disciplines, the level of digitalization of the educational process were highlighted. The research was carried out on  on the basis of Tyumen Industrial University. The data collection procedure included a questionnaire containing 13 questions, of which 11 were closed-ended, with suggested options, and 2 were open. Based on the data obtained, the difficulties encountered by teachers were identified, which prevent introducing modern technologies in the learning process. The article puts forward the idea of ​​changing the approach to training teachers for the process of ICT implementation. The following conclusion is made that the obtained data allow reforming the strategy of educational activity.

Author(s):  
Jasna Parlić-Božović ◽  
Dragan Cenić

There is no ideal class, but there are many ways to make teaching more interesting and better, putting an emphasis on the student as the main subject in the teaching process. No form of teaching work is perfect, it is very important not to keep the same principle of work and combine teaching and working methods according to the teaching unit (lesson) and class. Electronic social networks support independent learning management, learning through interactive communication, cooperation, knowledge creation and creation of a learning chain of interested and active actors. The Internet relocates the learning process from schools to cafes and other private environments, according to the principle of mobile classrooms. However, at present time of distance learning, due to the COVID-19 pandemic current situation, the student is allowed to be able to plan both the time and place for learning, following its own interests and using the electronic media. In that way, students easily and quickly become more independent for self-education process and preparation for lifelong learning, which becomes a lifestyle in new technological conditions. New information society challenges many dimensions of the traditional functioning of the education system. What is indisputable is the role and importance of education, both for the survival and development of society and individuals. Modern technologies have radically changed the physiognomy of modern society, needs and the way of meeting needs, and standards in all levels of social life. There is a constant need for a new education policy and strategy. New technologies create new work organization, the need for new occupations and educational backgrounds. Many problems in the society arise precisely in the field of education. The problem of educational efficiency, unclear competencies acquired through simple reproduction of existing educational profiles, without new educational competencies for the completely new occupations, the traditional way of education, with reproduction of learned, without clear vision of usefulness and usability of knowledge, are just some of the manifest forms of crisis society-education. The application of new educational technology is a requirement of the new education strategy, from which is being expected to increase the efficiency of educational and learning process. A society that is unprepared to implement modern technological achievements is doomed to stagnation, as well as to numerous conflicts and marginalization. On the other hand, investing in education, modernizing the premises in education, content and educational technology, has a reciprocal impact on the development of society. In the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic, the information age proved to be appropriate and much needed by proving to be adequate to change traditional notions about matter, space, time, energy, and even about education. In these conditions, the role of teachers, schools, education, the nature of learning, and the methodology of teaching has changed. The new living conditions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic have fundamentally changed the way teaching, business, entertainment, war technology, and educational technology. Educational technology consists of knowledge and achievements in various scientific fields: pedagogy, didactics, methodology, psychology, cybernetics, communication, etc. In these conditions, teaching methodology must rely on modern educational technology, on a systematic and organized process of applying modern techniques and technology in improving the quality of the teaching process in the field of efficiency, optimality, applicability and acquisition of knowledge. Knowledge, use and application of modern information technologies, in these conditions, is the content of modern literacy and cultural pattern. All of these are challenges for the methodology in teaching social sciences and humanities. The methodology of teaching social sciences and humanities is, more than the methodology of any other science field, facing important challenges. All the changes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in society and life, through the teaching social sciences and humanities, should be approximated, explained, and interpreted in a way that will not distance these sciences from high school students, who will not create a repulsive attitude, "bogy" incomprehensible reading, as boring classes to be avoided. Precisely through the use of the possibilities of modern technologies, the teaching work should be refreshed, innovated and activated, so that the knowledge is updated both in the content and in the teaching-methodological sense. Finally, our hypothesis set at the beginning of this theoretical study is confirmed, modern forms of work and innovative approaches in the educational process are the future of the educational process. Expert authors agree that there are no good results without the application of educational technology, new methods and forms of work in the teaching process. Developed societies have long used this method and we can say that this is one of the reasons for their development and progress. However, appreciating all the above, the recommendation and conclusion of this paper is that with the use of new benefits and advantages in teaching, as well as the current need for distance learning, which is only feasible due to the COVID-19 pandemic, do not forget to use traditional teaching style as reliable support for performing and adequately placing educational tasks today and in the future. Spoken word is in any case an irreplaceable variant to which we should return according to the social crisis caused by the mentioned problems.


Author(s):  
Ivita Pelnēna ◽  
Arturs Medveckis

The primary task of the 21st century education is not anymore to transfer continuous information, but the skill to acquire independently and learn this knowledge during lifetime. In the future, the development of transversal skills plays an important role in the educational process. Transversal skills, such as critical thinking and problem-solving, creativity and innovation, self-guided learning, cooperation, civic participation and digital literacy, are raised in the framework of Education Reform in Latvia (Skola 2030, 2017). The beginning of the learning process during the stage of primary school is an essential step in transversal skills acquisition, particularly emphasizing the impact of the Classes 1-3 stage, on the further learning process. According to the outcomes determined in the standard of primary education to be achieved, it is necessary to develop significantly transversal skills in this stage, as well as observe carefully the changes in children’s age development that affect the possibilities of transversal skills development.The goal of the research:  analyse the development of transversal skills in primary school (Classes 1-3).Research method: content analysis of the education content regulating documents and scientific literature. 


2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 18-29
Author(s):  
Vita Datsenko ◽  
◽  
Lilua Egorova ◽  
Tatiana Nenastina ◽  
◽  
...  

The work considered a system of knowledge control of the Kharkiv National Automobile and Highway University. It was shown that the quality of higher education depends mainly on the level of student training, the qualifications of teaching staff, the organization of the learning process, the efficiency of monitoring the quality of the education, and also factors allowing to improve the quality of education in the university. Assessment of the knowledge quality received by the students in the "Chemistry" discipline was carried out among the students of the Automobile Faculty of the KHNADU, entered the first year of the Bachelor of full-time education, during 2014/15–2018/19 academic years. The control was carried out with the help of traditional pedagogical practice types – the main (preliminary, final, and control of residual knowledge) and periodical (current and thematic knowledge tests). Statistical research on the performance of the main types of students' knowledge control, as more significant, shows that the important part of educational activity in university is an effective organization of its control. It was established that main principles of the control of students’ knowledge received during learning subject are the regularity and systematical conduct, the objectivity of assessment of the level of students' skills, the ability to identify the actual level of learning educational materials by the students, the timeliness of identification of the gaps in the learning process by the teacher and applying ways to overcome them. The internal and external factors affecting the performance of students during studying the "Chemistry" discipline have been distinguished. The internal factors are the knowledge level before entering the university and the motivation for learning the subject. The external are an organization of the educational process, self-organization of student learning activity, teaching methods and forms and professionalism of the educator, quality of additional services (holding consultations and individual lessons), educator-student relationship. It was identified that during studying the "Chemistry" discipline, the influence of the factors that students had before entering the university is weakened, and the external factors, which appeared in the process of studying in university, have a significant impact.


Author(s):  
Iryna Usatova ◽  
Vadym Tkachenko ◽  
Artem Vedmediuk

In the article on the basis of scientific and pedagogical sources the ways of perfection of the system of professional education with the purpose of preparing the future specialist for the practical realization of the idea of health saving of the nation at all stages of educational activity are analyzed and solved. New approaches to the development of the content, forms and methods of professional training of specialists of the new formation, as well as introduction of the modern technologies in the educational process of higher educational institutions are studied. It is noted that the educational process should be transformed in the direction of individualization of educational interaction, learning, formation of creative thinking and increase of independent work of students. It is characterized that a specialist-innovator is the bearer of specific innovations, their creator, modifier, it has wide possibilities and has an unlimited field of activity, since in practice it is convinced of the efficiency of existing technologies and teaching methods and can correct them, carry out research work, develop new methods and technology. The focus of this activity is the innovative potential of a future specialist. The directions of introduction into the educational process of modern technologies are revealed, where the teacher becomes more and more the functions of a consultant, counselor, mentor, since in professional activity not only special subject knowledge is realized, but also modern knowledge in the field of pedagogy and psychology, acmeology, technology of education and upbringing. In the course of scientific research, the preconditions for creating a concept for forming the readiness of future specialists for the implementation of innovation as the basis for improving the educational process, the essence of which is the introduction of modern tools and methods into the traditional system of education, is outlined. the pedagogical conditions of effective use of health-saving technologies are formulated, essential characteristics and stages of training of future specialists in educational institutions are highlighted; substantiated the basic provisions, the observance of which provides the training of specialists of the new formation to the implementation of healthcare-saving technologies. It is emphasized that in the educational space of a higher educational institution it is necessary to create conditions that will promote the formation of the right attitude of health professionals to the health of the future as the main value of the person that will significantly stimulate their reflective activity and awareness of personal responsibility for the health of their pupils.


Author(s):  
Galina Petrova

One of the priority areas for the development of education is the introduction of information and communication technologies, which ensures the improvement of the educational process, the availability and efficiency of education, the preparation of the young generation for life in the information society, and among the main tasks is the creation of conditions for the development of the industry of modern teaching aids (educational -methodical, electronic, information and communication). In this article, the authors investigated strategies for formal education, and analyzed the main challenges and approaches to the "digitalization" of education. The rapid and profound consequences of the transition to digital will be possible only when digital transformation becomes the basis of the life of society, business and government institutions, becomes a familiar and commonplace phenomenon, becomes DNA, a key element on the path to prosperity, and becomes the basis of prosperity. Digital literacy (or digital competence) is recognized as one of the keys for a full life and human activity, therefore, the formation of information and communication competence is mandatory. This will help to ensure the right of everyone to receive education throughout life, equal conditions of access to education, regardless of the place of study.


Introduction. In times of rapid informatization of society and change of technology, the main task of the modern educational process should be to expanse and deepen intellectual abilities of an individual, to motivate and prepare a person for independent work with information fl ows, to develop critical thinking and creative skills. The usage of active teaching methods helps to achieve such goals. The methods of active teaching and learning have attracted the interest of teachers and other professionals in the fi eld of education. A large number of literary sources demonstrate the benefi ts of an active approach that engages students in the learning process and requires from them action more than observations; provides a deeper and more complete understanding of the subject. The purpose of this article is to analyze the usage of active teaching methods as a component of innovation in the educational process of geography teaching in general educational institutions. The main material. One of the fi rst commonly used and detailed methods of active teaching was the method of business games. Mary Birshtein was the author of the world’s fi rst business game. Active methods of teaching are ways to enhance the educational and cognitive activity of pupils, which encourage them to actively engage into intellectual and practical activity in the process of mastering the subject. Not only the teacher is active, but pupils are active as well. There are such special features of active teaching: – a purposeful activation of schoolchildren’s thinking; – enough time to engage pupils into the learning process, their activity must be sustainable and long-lasting; – an independent creative decision-making process, high degree of motivation and emotionality of schoolchildren; – a constant interaction of subjects of educational activity with the help of direct and feedback links, free exchange of thoughts on the ways of solving some problem. There are different approaches to the classification of active teaching methods. A. Smolkin conducted a classification based on the nature of educational and cognitive and gaming activities, due to which methods of active teaching are divided into imitation and non-imitation. There are also group and individual methods. There are various methods and forms of active teaching organization: – lectures (problem lectures, lectures-visualizations, lectures with pre-planned mistakes, lectures in form of press conferences, lectures-conversation, lectures-discussion, lectures with the analysis of specific situations); – different techniques of group work organization (training that targets students to the exchange of information such as brain attack); – different methods (discussion, game simulation, etc.). In the new educational process functions and roles of teachers and pupils during classes are changing. Many researchers distinguish the following roles of a teacher: the head; the facilitator; the mentor; the adviser; the organizer; the full participant of the cognitive process. Roles of a pupil are: the researcher; the pupil who is actively involved in the cognitive process along with the teacher. With the development of modern technology, it becomes easier for teachers of geography to diversify the teaching process through various computer programs that develop spatial thinking, the ability to analyze and compare. Internet technology makes it possible to get information from almost anywhere in the world. Active teaching methods help to learn the management of the current information flow, its analysis and effective communication with each other, which is important in the modern world. There are plenty of active teaching methods, and creation of the new ones is regulated only by the imagination of teachers. In this article have been proposed some active teaching methods to be used in school, namely, 22 methods. Their classification due to the usage at some stage of the lesson (actualization of knowledge, study of the new material, discussion, generalization and repetition) has been suggested. Conclusions. There is a broad methodological base, a lot of recommendations and tips for conducting lessons using active teaching methods. In general, the literature review has shown that the issues of activation of education are relevant nowadays and more and more teachers become interested in it. Therefore it is possible to assume that in future the usage of active teaching methods will turn from modern tendencies and innovations to the obligatory condition for the educational process. The schemes of possible interactions of selected active teaching methods in the lesson of geography, at different stages of the lesson have been proposed. The two presented schemes allow teachers to devote more time and attention to the discussion during the lesson, which is a great approach for senior schoolchildren, since in high school students are most often focused on active and demonstrative language activities. And the following two schemes are focused on studying a new topic in the class. Such a set and such a sequence of methods provide a comfortable and interesting lesson for pupils of general education institutions.


Author(s):  
Тетяна Близнюк ◽  
Ольга Троценко

Today the world is in the process of rapid informatization and digitalization of society in all its spheres. The way and pace of life of a modern man is not similar to the life of previous generations. The spread of the coronavirus disease, known as COVID-19, has necessitated acceptance and adaptation to new working and learning conditions for educators from different countries. Educational institutions around the world are responding to numerous prohibitions and quarantine rules with the transition to distance learning. The crisis has already caused an online boom for education and forced teachers to be preparedto deal with this atypical situation. The most powerful source today is digital technology, or as they call it - digital learning tools, which implies competent use of the latest gadgets. Of course, global changes in public life cannot take place without changes in the educational space, so our education system now follows the experience of advanced European countries and implements many programs for the formation and development of digital literacy, including at the educational level. Definitely, Ukrainian education system follows the experience of advanced New Ukrainian School provides for the widespread use of information and communication technologies by each teacher in their own professional and pedagogical activities, which is an essential way to update and informatize the education content in different education institutions of our country. This process is impossible without the systematic use of electronic educational resources (EER) during the educational process, because they definitely create a modernized content of educational space and provide equal access to educational online materials to each participant in the educational process regardless of location, age or other aspects.


Author(s):  
Tetyana Sobchenko

The article is devoted to the problem of using digital tools and the formation of information and digital competence in postgraduate education of teachers. The urgency of the problem is due to the need of society to develop information literacy and information and digital competence as a key competence of modern teachers, as well as the need to organize a form of blended learning in general secondary education, which provides digital literacy of teachers. The aim of the article is to substantiate the feasibility of using digital tools in postgraduate pedagogical education. Research methods are theoretical (analysis of scientific sources, educational online platforms, sites, synthesis, and generalization of results); empirical (presentation and generalization of pedagogical experience). The article analyzes the ways of organizational and methodological assistance from the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, public organizations, for teachers on the organization of blended learning in general secondary education: sites, educational platforms, manuals, recommendations, guidelines. It was found that using modern digital tools in postgraduate pedagogical education, the emphasis should be on organizing the process of interaction in such a way as to guide teachers in the implementation of these digital tools in their professional activities. Was revealed the content of teacher training in the context of the use of information, digital, multimedia technologies in the educational process. Was substantiated the expediency of studying and using digital tools (Padlet, Classroom, Kahoot, Trello, Mentimeter, Zoom, Meet, Canva, Pinterest, Classtime, GoFormative, Wiser, Live Worksheets, Techer Made, Presentation Tube, Zoom, Telegram, We Chat, Google Forms, Viber, Messenger, Moodle, Flipgrid) in postgraduate pedagogical education is substantiated. Were outlined the prospects for further research.


2020 ◽  
pp. 135-143
Author(s):  
Андрей Иванович Попов ◽  
Наталья Владимировна Майстренко ◽  
Александр Александрович Букин

Проанализированы различные формы освоения образовательной профессиональной программы, показана востребованность обучения по индивидуальному учебному плану и исследованы особенности контингента обучающихся. Обоснована важность развития универсальных компетенций и выделены ключевые из них в контексте подготовки к инновационной деятельности. Сформулированы психолого-педагогические условия эффективной подготовки технических специалистов по заочной форме. Описан организационный механизм индивидуализации обучения в цифровом пространстве на основе компетентностного профиля. Various forms of mastering the educational professional program are analyzed, the advantages and disadvantages of self-education in the digital space and distance learning are considered. The article shows the demand for training according to an individual curriculum and examines the features of the contingent of students that cause the problem of developing a special methodology for their individual training for activities in the conditions of the emerging innovative economy. The author substantiates the importance of developing universal competencies, including a cluster of creative professional competencies, readiness to work in conditions of psychological stress, digital literacy, mathematical analytical thinking, and spiritual and moral qualities. Psychological and pedagogical conditions for effective training of technical specialists by correspondence are formulated, which assume consideration of the needs of participants in the educational process, cognitive abilities and competence profile. It is proposed to use impulse educational technologies, adaptive management of the process of students’ development and intensification of independent work in the digital space. Special attention is paid to the need to strengthen education in order to prepare for engineering creativity. It is advisable to design a personal educational track with the help of a tutor. The organizational mechanism of individualization of training in the digital space based on the competence profile is described. At the first level of individualization, an individual plan is developed. At the second level, on the basis of a digital competence profile, students’ educational activities are managed during the semester. The organization of individual training of technical specialists in correspondence form with the maximum use of the potential of digitalization of education will improve the quality of education and provide an advanced level of formation of the competencies demanded by the customer, to achieve a more complete satisfaction of students with the educational services provided.


2020 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gulnoza Amirova

The aim of this article is to give all advantages of using reading skills in learning and their effect teaching process, to give useful and vital information about the advantages of reading. In this case, the benefits of reading skills in the educational process of the research have been pinpointed as the whole. In conclusion, research has been finalizing outcomes and drawbacks as the major points of the development.


Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document