Distance interactive collaborative training for future teachers

Abstract

The paper discusses the questions connected with managing distance teaching and learning at the humanitarian pedagogical university. The article identifies the opportunities for interactive collaborative distant training for students – future teachers – and developing their practical skills and competences in solving usual and non-standard problems, shaping personal characteristics. The study shows the importance of providing supportive environment for learners. The paper demonstrates the main tool for the pilot study – multiple variable repetition of transitions between ‘theory-practice’, ‘practice-theory’ which was based on different forms of cognitive and pedagogical activity that provided step-by-step development of pedagogical competence of future teachers. The main focus is on the interactive forms of collaborative learning, using information-communication technologies both during intersession periods (online) and in the classroom together with the teacher (offline). The article describes the main output of the research which is resulted in the development of students’ communicative competence as well as readiness and ability for professional-research pedagogical performance, continuous professional development, development of individual teaching style, development of pedagogical thinking and mindset, self-analysis of own professional performance, information and media literacy.