Keyword: «media competence of student teachers»

Media education in the 21st century is not only a modernization marker, but also an objective requirement of modern life. The strategic focus of government policy on digitalization in all spheres of education is reflected both in the main provisions of government programs ("Education Development" up to 2030) and in the work functions of a teacher, as stipulated by the requirements of a professional standard. The study determined that the result of media educational activities is the development of media competence in student teachers. The aim of the article is to theoretically and methodologically analyze and empirically verify the levels of formation of the main structural components of media competence among students majoring in the training area 44.03.01 "Pedagogical Education". The aim of the article was achieved through following the methodological provisions of the systemic, acmeological and competence approaches. The article presents a retrospective analysis of the interpretation of the "teachers’ media competence" concept in the works of both domestic and foreign researchers. The component structure of student teachers’ media competence is substantiated with an emphasis on its motivational, cognitive and operational-creative components. The article presents the results of an empirical study conducted with the 2nd–4th year students majoring in the area of training 44.03.01 “Pedagogical Education” at Yevpatoriya Institute of Social Sciences – branch of Crimean Federal University named after V.I. Vernadsky to identify the levels of media competence components’ development. The theoretical significance of the study lies in the detailed analysis of the terminological essence of the definition “media competence of student teachers”, its component structure, and the justification of its targeted development in student teachers in the process of their professional training. The practical significance of the study is reflected in the results of the empirical study and the proposed diagnostic tools for determining the levels of development of the media competence components in student teachers (motivational, cognitive, operational-creative) identified in the study, which can serve as a further basis for constructing a system of activities for the targeted development of media competence in student teachers in the context of professional training.