Keyword: «technological education»

The value of art therapy for personality development rights are recognized and scientists, and practitioners. For a number of years the elements of art-therapy practicing teachers are trying to introduce in the educational process in schools of education. Great opportunities reveals the technological education of younger schoolboys in the integration of the elements of art-therapy. That's discussed in this article.

The new industrial revolution Industry 4.0 determines several trends in digital technologies, among which there is the Internet of things – a network of digital devices that communicate with each other via the Internet. The areas of the Internet of things application are quite broad: industrial technologies, remote technologies of service and every-day life, educational technologies. Modern digital technologies must be included in the content of technological education at school and in the training of technology teachers. This is also determined by the national projects «Digital Economy» and «Education», which are currently being implemented. The purpose of the article is to consider the technologies of the Internet of things as the content of educational course for future technology teachers. An analysis of educational programs and training courses on the Internet of things shows that these programs are designed, implemented and they are actual for technical universities. However, the Internet of things is not included in educational programs for training technology teachers. And this is a problem since technology educational course at school should demonstrate modern digital technologies, including the Internet of things, and this requires appropriate technological and methodological training of technology teachers. We have proposed an educational course «Internet of Things», which is an integral part of «Digital Technologies» section within the educational programs for training technology teachers in Syktyvkar University. The purpose of the discipline is to familiarize students with the basics of the Internet of things technology. As a result of learning the discipline, the student must: know the terminology, hardware and software for implementing the Internet of things technologies; be able to use the acquired knowledge in educational and professional activities; know the basics of the Internet of things. The content of the discipline includes four sections: Introduction to the Internet of things; Technical means of the Internet of things; Network technology of the Internet of things; Services, applications and models of the Internet of things. The laboratory practical work of the discipline is implemented in three cycles of classes: study of algorithms for connecting various sensors and control devices to Arduino controllers; learning technologies for remote interaction with Arduino controllers; carrying out mini-projects based on case technology. The proposed course allows future technology teachers to acquire competences in the field of modern digital technologies.

In the modern system of education, the issues of organizing technological education are of particular relevance, including training of students for solving design and technology concerning tasks, due to the priority of this direction of the country's economy development, which determines the relevance of the study. In this connection, the need to find approaches to the systemic formation of relevant skills is growing, including the stage of primary general education. The solution of design and technological tasks for primary school students can be considered as a leading means of developing creative abilities of a person and the formation of motivation for professional activities in the sphere of design and technology in future. Learning modern methods of creating new technical solutions produces a developing effect on the personality of a younger schoolchild, as it helps to change his/her perception of technical objects, helps to overcome inertia of thinking, improves attention concentration skills, helps to establish personality traits such as determination and will in setting and achieving goals. The system of formation and development of students’ design and technological skills should be continuous, starting from school age and ending with self-education after university graduation. Despite rather great interest in theory and practice to the development of the aspect under consideration, it is necessary to examine in more detail the essential characteristic of the process of teaching primary school children to gain skills for solving design and technology concerning tasks. Based on the principles of the activity oriented approach, the authors examine characteristic features of design and technology concerning tasks as one of the types of educational tasks that are solved in the framework of technological education of students in primary school. Thus, the purpose of the article was to reveal the essential characteristics of the process of teaching primary school children to gain skills for solving design and technology concerning tasks which will be necessary for the effective development of their relevant activities. The basic approaches to the formation of the considered skills in children of primary school age are analyzed, the main stages of this process organization are highlighted. The content of the article will be useful in the work of primary school teachers in the process of planning training sessions with students, working out technical tasks, including organization of extracurricular activities, as well as for additional education teachers.

At the present time, a two-tiered higher education system is being implemented in Russia, which makes it possible to train technology teachers for professional work. The rationale for research is to examine the current state of the master's degree programs in Russian universities and to determine the potentials of the professional competency development for technology teachers. The purpose of the research is to identify conceptual transformations of master's degree programs in the period from 2016 to the present day in terms of technology teachers' training. The article briefly demonstrates Russian master's degree institute formation, describes the stages of master's education evolution, and analyzes the normative acts regulating the activities of modern higher education at the level of a master's degree programs. The analysis of domestic and foreign research shows the facilities for students' training according to master’s degree programs in various historical periods of the Russian education evolution, and the function of the modern master's degree programs in the technology teachers' training system is determined. In the course of the research, a list of universities implementing continuous two-tiered training of technology teachers was determined, and a comparative analysis of the fields of study available at the universities from 2016 to 2023 was done. Based on the comparative analysis, the main master's degree program fields of study relevant for the technology teachers' training are identified: "Digitalization", "Innovation", "Education Management", "Technological Education" and "Pedagogy". The article presents a description of the master's degree program fields at every of examined moment, as well as analyzes the dynamics of registered changes. Special attention is paid to the description of the advantages of the training fields relevant for the professional development of technology teachers in 2023. The theoretical significance of the research is in determining the conceptual transformation of master's degree programs in the aspect of technology teachers' training and the interpretation of the relevance of these programs in terms of compliance with social and economic situation. The practical significance of the research is in demonstration of the relevant fields of training for technology teachers who are in search of an optimal educational trajectories that meet professional needs and interests.