A Word on a Father

How does it feel like to be a descendant of a prominent person? Obviously, this is not only a great honor, a kind of a godsend, but also a big responsibility. It is extremely important to preserve the legacy of your own ancestors, carefully carrying on this precious treasure – because they would like it the most.

An Overview on the Pre-School Teachers’ Psychological Readiness while Working with Gifted and Talented Children

The problem of giftedness is now becoming more urgent, and therefore every educator working in pre-school institutions should be improved, look for more and more new ways to work with gifted children, try to create comfortable conditions for such children, to improve and develop themselves, only in that case they will be well psychologically prepared to work with gifted children. It should be solved the problem of psychological training of nursery teachers precisely for work with gifted children. After all, the educator creates an atmosphere that can inspire children or destroy their self-confidence, or encourage or repress interests.

Vocational Training of Preschool Teachers

The problem of communication in the information society is one of the most important. First of all, it is related to the educational sphere, because it aims at providing a comprehensive preparation of a person for the modern life in the world of various connections, communicative opportunities of social relations. Professional communication is the main form of the pedagogical process, the productivity of which is determined by the goals and values of communication accepted by all its subjects as the norm of individual behavior. It is revealed in the process of joint communication activity of people (subject-subject interaction), mediated by the exchange of information, in the process of which each of its participants acquires universal experience, social, pedagogical, communicative, moral and other values, knowledge and ways of communicative activity. He identifies, reveals and develops his own mental qualities, is formed as a person and as a subject of communication. In this sense, communication, communicative activity are important factors in a person’s mental development.

Conceptualization of Christian Religious Attitudes in Socio-Psychological and World-View Contexts

In the conditions of systemic social, and at the same time personal crisis, accompanied by values relativization, the issue of searching the ways out of this state is actualized in the scientific discourse. Overcoming the crisis depends largely on a person who is able consciously to take responsibility for the actions in the living space, which is created primarily by the personal interactions. Therefore, the social responsibility problem, its formation factors, impact on personal and psychosocial maturity has become significantly relevant in the context of social psychology and at the interdisciplinary level. At the same time, the current socio-political situation in the country, accompanied by military conflict, complex processes of civil society development require an active social, civic, politically responsible position of citizens, especially young people that is socio-demographic group, which acts as a «barometer» of socio-economic and the political state of society and, despite the particular opportunities expansion for self-determination and individual development, it is experiencing spiritual devastation, selfishness, infantilism. The latter leads to the deformation of the youth normative and valuable sphere and require the specialists’ close attention. Thus, the aim of our study is a comprehensive theoretical and methodological analysis and conceptualization of Christian religious beliefs in socio-psychological and philosophical contexts as a factor in developing the social responsibility of the individual. The problem of social responsibility is closely related to the development in moral and ideological spheres of personality, an important component of which is the attitude as willingness to social activity and responsibility as a result of these actions. The social attitudes analysis identifies those related to religious spirituality and Christian morality i.e. Christian religious attitudes that express personal position, conscious state of being, active human attitude to the world in general and in particular to their self-realization. Based on a comprehensive analysis, it is determined that Christian religious attitudes in socio-psychological and worldview contexts are ideological attitudes that are the need and willingness to treat and act to people, events, phenomena, life, God considering the Christian morality based on faith and love to God and neighbour. In addition, they can / should be perceived as internal restraints: not freedom, but pseudo-freedom (permissiveness) and act as a natural law of conscience, the desire for the highest, the moral intuition of man.

Educational Programs Integration as an Important Factor in Enhancing the Professionalism of the Primary and Preschool Teacher under the Conditions of the Higher Education

The article covers education integration, application of the integrated approach in developing educational programs for the vocational training of experts in primary and preschool education; different approaches to the interpretation of the concept of «integration» are analyzed. It is noted that the use of interdisciplinary links was a prerequisite for the emergence of an integrated approach in education. The sequence of implementing integrated educational programs in the practice of higher education institutions is determined; the advantages and problems of using integrated educational programs in the vocational training of preschool and primary school teachers are characterized. The most effective ways of developing integrated educational programs are identified; the expediency of using the experience of training specialists for preschool and primary education of the Republic of Poland and Romania is shown.

Rethinking Goals of Education in the Digital Era

This article points out a few coordinates of the educational process analysis in the contemporary society, marked by global challenges and invaded by the information technology. Viewing education in terms of restructuring, for a better response to the individuals’ and to the society’ needs, raises the question of redefining learning outcomes in the light of general educational finalities, shaped by the specific traits of the digital era. It is not about a formal restructuring, regarding the phases of the process, but it is related to the effort of reframing the core values of approaching the personality development, taking in account a continuous perspective of permanent education in a digital environment.

Attitude towards Teaching Career in Ten Years

This study aims to capture the dynamic regarding the attitude of the first year students towards the teaching career. To identify the level of attitudes towards the teaching profession, we used a research method based on a questionnaire investigation, as method of analysis, and two different cohorts of students: cohort 1 was represented by students enrolled in 2010-2011 academic year and cohort 2 by the students enrolled in 2019-2020. The cohort, the environment and the gender gave us interesting results about the attitude towards teaching (total score, attitude towards others, work and self-attitude). The results showed that there are significant differences between cohorts in terms of attitude towards teaching career. So, we can say that there is a dynamic towards careers that must be integrated in educational policies and in the career orientation plans.

Peculiarities of Pedagogical Staff Professional Training for Work at Ukrainian Pre-School Educational Institutions in US and Canadian Diaspora (2nd Half of the XX Century)

The article discusses the peculiarities of organization and work of Ukrainian preschools in the Ukrainian diaspora in Canada and U.S., which aim to develop children’s national identity. Realization of the fact that in countries of settlement, namely in the USA and Canada, a considerable number of the new generation are losing their identity and getting disattached from the Ukrainian community has encouraged progressive community to create grounds for common solving of the problems of pre-school education both on the first and the main stages of external assistance provided to families in bringing up the nationally conscious new generation of the Ukrainians living overseas. We believe it is necessary to point out that organizers of Ukrainian pre-school education in Canada and the USA, as well as in other countries of Ukrainian settlement, were well aware of the fact that in addition to study and material base and methodological provision, it is also necessary to have professionally trained kindergarten teachers for starting a children’s nursery school or a kindergarten. There were not enough of them, though. That was why a need for a pre-school education teacher arose.

Theoretical Aspects of the Problem of Trust in Psychology

The article deals with a theoretical analysis of the main aspects of understanding the phenomenon of trust (such as: types, features, principles, structure, functions, manifestation of trust) and its role in human life in psychology. Authors note that common to interpretation of trust is implicit thought of the scientists about the apriori capacity of each person to define, who is worthy and who should not be trusted. The authors argue that trust is a complex attitude towards another person, manifested in a subjectively justified confidence in the reliability and honesty of the person; in the expectation that they will not try to intentionally or consciously harm us. Trust is especially important for both full-valued interpersonal relationships, the functioning of society; is the foundation of a mentally healthy personality and their well-being.