Integration of Stem Technologies Into the Process of Preparing Teachers for Professional Activities in Inclusive Education

The article is devoted to the peculiarities of training future teachers to implement STEM technologies in the educational process of an inclusive school, which is determined by the ability to effectively respond to the individual characteristics of each student through the latest pedagogical teaching methods aimed at developing critical thinking, creativity, communication and teamwork skills in children with/without special educational needs.The areas of professional training of future teachers (didactic, methodological, creative, research, communication, partnership and reflective) are identified, which are aimed at forming the "skills box" competencies necessary for successful work with student diversity in an inclusive educational environment.It is noted that such a set of teacher competencies will contribute to updating the content of educational activities of students with/without special educational needs.The authors substantiate the importance of using STEM technologies in the study of general education disciplines aimed at forming a holistic worldview, interest in solving the problems of inclusive education through project activities using research, information, creative, educational, performing, and other methods.Various topics of inclusion projects are considered, which help students realize the importance of accepting human diversity in society, raise students' awareness of educational inclusion issues, and encourage them to deepen their knowledge in this area.Examples of the use of STEM technologies (LEGO construction, experimentation with animate and inanimate nature, paints, color, animation and multimedia methods and others) used in the study of disciplines of the cycle of special (professional) training of future teachers in order to increase the level of mastery of didactic, methodological, technological, information and technical components of inclusive competence are given.