Bachelor of education model: Integration of approaches

Abstract

Introduction. The relevance of the research is due to the contradiction between the high demand of the society to the teacher professional competence level and unclear conceptualization of teacher training institutes concerning the summarized results of the professional training of Bachelor's Degree students. Modern labor market gives a chance to a teacher not only to teach a subject or to work as a form master but to become a specialist in business administration, a researcher, or an edupreneur. A future teacher, when being a university student, should realize his/her chances, abilities, personal and professional prospects and choose the main direction of the professional training program. The research is aimed to create a generalized Model of a university grad (Bachelor of Education) in accordance with integrated methodological approaches to learning outcomes problem analyses. Materials and methods. The research is based on the method of theoretical analysis, synthesis, generalization, analytical modelling, review and literal analysis, method of expert assessment, brainstorm, Belgorod State University professors' and students' needs assessment survey. The authors made an attempt to establish theoretical Bachelor of Education Model through an integrated methodology, in particular, through the ideas and conceptions of the following approaches: competency-based, polysubjective, and prosocial. Research results. The authors present the Bachelor of Education Model as a scientific-based image of a future teacher, expressed in terms of integrated systemic competency combining cross-functional, general professional and special competencies as well as appropriate educational programs promoting a set of dominant competences. Conclusion. The Bachelor of Education Model, mentioned in the article, can stimulate higher education establishments to rethink the main strategies of future teacher professional training in accordance with individual educational program track and asynchronous educational process.