Keyword: «искусство»

The article discusses education as a subsystem of culture, its role in countering modern negative trends, humanistic resources inherent in education and their characteristics as a factor in the development of the spirituality of the individual and society. The essence of the development of spirituality of future teachers in a specially created didactic system by means of art and creativity is revealed; its organizational forms, products of developmental activity, focus on reflection, principles of its construction. The conclusion is made about the greatest role of such educational resources as humanism as factors in the development of the spirituality of the personality of future teachers; enrichment of educational content; setting on the development of individuality in the course of saturating the inner world of students with the highest spiritual values; personality-centered technologies using innovative reflexive approaches, art and creativity.

The article summarizes the author’s experience of using various tasks when teaching English to Education majors – future primary school and English language teachers (Primary education and the English language) with the aim of arousing and developing interest in different art forms. The results of the survey of first-third-year students are described and analyzed; examples of creative tasks conducted with the Education majors are given and their educative value is analyzed.