The Experience of Organizing Research and Project Activities of Bachelors of Pedagogical Education in Professional Training

¹ Transbaikal State University, Faculty of Psychology and Education, Department of Pedagogy, Chita, Russia
² Transbaikal State University, Faculty of History and Philology, Department of European Languages and Linguodidactics, Chita, Russia
³ Transbaikal State University, Faculty of Psychology and Education, Department of Educational Psychology, Chita, Russia
⁴ Transbaikal State University, Faculty of History and Philology, Department of Chinese Language, Chita, Russia

^* Corresponding author: olga.naumova.72.72@mail.ru

Abstract

The article presents the experience of realization of the idea of the formation of project and research competence of future teachers during the organization of research and project activity of bachelors of pedagogical education. The purpose of the research: to justify the necessity to organize systematic project and research activities of students with the support of university professors and practicing teachers and to identify the prospects of solving this problem in the university educational process. Methods of research: study and analysis of scientific literature, normative documents, and Internet resources; comparative analysis; systematization; generalization of experience. The methods used by the authors are based on the synthesis of competence, systemic, and activity approaches. The authors propose to combine the acquisition of subject scientific knowledge and educational skills and abilities with the implementation, presentation, and defense of specific practice-oriented perspective pedagogical projects. The article presents the results of work for the period 2016-2020 with students of specializations 44.03.05 “Foreign languages (with two training specializations)” of full-time education and 44.03.01 “Foreign language education” of part-time education. The authors emphasize that strengthening the content of the subject disciplines (pedagogy, psychology, methodology of education and upbringing) and the inclusion of special additional research courses, modules, and practices in the training program of bachelors of education, and the development of the content of the pedagogical component of the state exam, demonstrating the appropriate level of formation of project and research competence, will solve the problem at a better level.