Development of soft skills of teachers of Physics and Mathematics

Abstract The article considers the problem of the development of soft skills of teachers of Physics and Mathematics in higher educational institutions in the process of certification training in the system of postgraduate pedagogical education of Ukraine. The experience of foreign countries on the relevant teachers’ course training has been analyzed, the essence and significance of such soft skills as sociability, creativity, empathy for the professional development of teachers of Physics and Mathematics in higher educational institutions in the process of certification training has been characterized. The state of these skills development in teachers of Physics and Mathematics was studied, the average level of the development these skills has been stated. The possibilities of the soft skills development were determined, the four-stage process of their transition from unconscious incompetence to unconscious competence in the system of postgraduate education was substantiated. The principles, forms, methods, technologies of the development of soft skills in the system of certification training of teachers of Physics and Mathematics were discussed with the emphasis placed on the role of heuristic methods and forms, creative technologies of the soft skills development.