The dynamic development of modern society dramatically changes the educational orientations and priorities. This is especially true of the higher education system, which must respond in a timely manner to the new challenges for the preparation of competitive future professionals.
The renewal of the philosophy of school natural education, due to the need for its correlation with the current level of scientific knowledge, as well as with the realities of the modern world. In this connection, there is a problem of professional training of the future biology teacher of the new formation, oriented on innovative pedagogical activity. The recognition of the modern teacher as the subject of innovative changes defines new targets in his vocational training system.
The problem of professional training of the future biology teacher does not lose its relevance. The new paradigm of science education necessitates constructive changes in the professional training of the future teachersubjectist. First of all, the process of becoming a future teacher should be professionally and pedagogically oriented.
An important component of the professional development of a modern biology teacher is his personal qualities formed in the process of pedagogical training that determine the professional orientation of the future specialist. In this regard, the professional training of the future teacher of the natural sector should integrate in the
content of higher education the idea of developing the creative potential of the student's personality, the recognition of students as subjects of the educational process. And the process itself, the formation of the professional competence of the future teacher, should be guided by modern natural science knowledge.
The peculiarity of teaching biology in high and high school requires the modern teacher to have specific qualities, which in the conditions of the New Ukrainian School are of particular relevance. Among the most significant are the responsibility of the teacher for the results of his teaching activities. At present, the modern school is waiting for a teacher of a new formation, which is characterized by creative thinking, innovative pedagogical activity, the ability to self-reflection, which significantly expands its role functions.
The development of new directions in the training of biology teachers objectively requires a rethinking of the content, forms and methods of pedagogical education, development of new approaches to teaching. In addition, the focus on European educational standards, necessitates the study of foreign teacher training experience in the context of innovation.
Thus, the European vectors for the development of higher education in Ukraine necessitate changes in the methodological and psychological-pedagogical foundations of modern higher education of future biology teachers. It is the practice-oriented character of the pedagogical training of the future teacher that will provide the updating of the content of the system of vocational training of future teachers, which will significantly increase its competitiveness.
ECOLOGICAL COMPETENCE FORMATION OF THE FUTURE BIOLOGY TEACHERS AT THE FRAMES OF THE EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT “TEACHER'S ECOLOGICAL COMPETENCE”
