Foreign Experience of Future Primary School Teacher Training in Project Technology Usage

The article analyzes the foreign experience of future primary school teacher training in project activities usage. It has been established that the usage of educational projects is essential in the conditions of the New Ukrainian School. Emphasis is placed on the fact that for high-quality implementation of educational projects by schoolchildren, it is necessary to prepare future teachers for this type of activity even during their studies in higher educational institutions. The peculiarities of future primary school teacher training in different countries (France, Great Britain, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Bulgaria) are analyzed. The analysis of the foreign experience of France, Great Britain, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Bulgaria has made it possible to draw a conclusion about the relevance of project technologies in the course of future primary school teacher training. Based on the study of the educational programs that prepare students majoring in primary education at a number of European universities, it has been found that future primary school teachers should acquire relevant competencies in the organization of project activities, know a variety of innovative learning technologies, in particular project technology, carry out various educational projects in the course of professional training at higher educational institutions. Professionalism and the pace of a specialist’s entry into the professional environment depend on their knowledge, abilities, and skills, readiness to operate in modern conditions, and the ability to design and implement project technology. In some universities, specific optional disciplines have been introduced, i.e., «Educational Projects» at the Pedagogical University of the National Education Commission in Krakow. It has been proven that the prospects for further research lie in the development of a system of future primary school teacher training in project technology usage in the course of professional activities and experimental verification of its effectiveness.