Introduction. The article deals with the problem of the development of an aesthetic orientation to the professional activity of a preschool teacher. The federal state educational standard of preschool education in the field of aesthetic education and child development and the continuity of the process of aesthetic professional development of teachers substantiates the need for its formation.Materials and Methods. The authors used methods of analysis, systematization and generalization of scientific literature on the problem of research, experimental study of the formation of the aesthetic orientation of teachers of preschool educational organizations. The purpose of the article is to substantiate the methodological support of teachers of a preschool educational organization in the development of aesthetically oriented professional activities.Results. The authors define the aesthetic orientation of a preschool teacher as a complex of components, including aesthetic feelings, aesthetic cognition and knowledge, aesthetic activity, experience and behavior, and aesthetic assessment. There are the results of studying the aesthetic orientation of teachers of preschool educational organizations in Nizhny Novgorod. There is a complex of pedagogical conditions, implemented on the basis of a socio-cultural approach and the principles of cultural conformity, subjectivity, humanization, aesthetics, and creativity. The authors consider a workshop as the main form of methodological support for teachers in the formation of an aesthetic orientation. The content of six workshops has been developed that contribute to the development of aesthetic education, aesthetic upbringing, the formation of the experience of aesthetically oriented activities and aesthetic creativity, as well as the development of the ability to evaluate the phenomena of the surrounding world from the point of view of aesthetics and formulate the correct aesthetic judgment.Discussion and Conclusions. The authors emphasize the need for purposeful design of active methods of methodological support of teachers for the development of aesthetic knowledge, aesthetic sensitivity to the surrounding reality and art, the organization of a multicultural professional educational space, as well as the effective solution of the problems of aesthetic education and upbringing of preschoolers in interaction with parents. As a prospect for further research, the authors indicate the development of a model of aesthetic development in the general management system for the professional development of preschool teachers.
Preschool Educational Organizations Educational Technologies to Improve the Content of Training of Teachers
