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Article name Attitude of Elementary School Teachers to Pedagogical Improvisation
Authors Pirogova S.V. Senior Lecturer, 5975705@bk.ru,
Kotova S.A. Candidate of Psychology, Associate Professor, sa-kotova@yandex.ru
Bibliographic description Pirogova S. V., Kotova S. A. Attitude of Elementary School Teachers to Pedagogical Improvisation // Scholarly Notes of Transbaikal State University. 2023. Vol. 18, no. 2. P. 53–62. DOI: 10.21209/2658-7114- 2023-18-2-53-62.
Section Modern Pedagogy: Trends, Technologies and Innovations
UDK 37.013
DOI 10.21209/2658-7114-2023-18-2-53-62
Article type Original article
Annotation The article is devoted to the study of the role of pedagogical improvisation in the professional activity of a teacher. The authors consider pedagogical improvisation as an important condition for solving the problems of building personalized education, ensuring its flexible adjustment to the dynamically changing needs of students. The historical way of introducing this concept into scientific theory is revealed. The purpose of the study is to determine the understanding of the essence of pedagogical improvisation, the conditions for its implementation, as well as the readiness of elementary school teachers to improve their competence in the use of pedagogical improvisation. Theoretical analysis, generalization of pedagogical experience and questioning were used as research methods. The contingent of primary school teachers was chosen due to the fact that the practice of primary education requires the most rapid adjustment to the needs and psycho-emotional state of younger students. It was revealed that the majority of primary school teachers (up to 80 %) have insufficiently clear ideas about pedagogical improvisation. Teachers associate this concept with such competence parameters as “speech skills”, “professionalism”, “acting skills”, “pedagogical skills”. The study compared the value judgments of young professionals with less than 5 years of experience and experienced teachers with more than 25 years of experience, but no significant differences were found in their positions. Respondents actively and positively responded to the proposal to improve their skills in the field of using pedagogical improvisation. Young teachers prefer various forms of competence development in the field of pedagogical improvisation, such as self-education, individual work under the guidance of a master, and a creative laboratory. Experienced teachers preferred master classes and self-education. The results obtained indicate the need to improve the competence of teaching staff in the use of pedagogical improvisation and can be used both in the training of teaching staff and in the system of advanced training to fill the professional deficits of teachers.
Key words personalized education, pedagogical improvisation, primary school teacher, creativity, pedagogicalcreativity
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