Перспективы науки и образования

Introduction. The digital transformation of the educational space has entailed the emergence of a new problem area associated with the search for solutions aimed at eliminating the existing professional deficits of teachers in the field of psychological and pedagogical competencies, manifested in the conditions of digital transformation of education.

The purpose of this article is to monitor and analyze the existing professional deficits of educational specialists in the field of psychological and pedagogical competencies, manifested in the situation of digital transformation of education.

Materials and methods. The survey involved 2,451 teachers from 7 regions of the Russian Federation. The survey took into account the characteristics of the respondents such as place of work; gender; age; teaching experience.

The results of the study. The study showed that there are the following professional deficits of teachers in the field of psychological and pedagogical competencies, manifested in the conditions of digital transformation of education: 25% of the surveyed teachers demonstrate a low level of development of abilities in the field of pedagogical strategies improvement to incite self-expression and creativity of students in a digital environment, ensuring their safe behavior on the Internet; 51% of respondents are aware of the psychological characteristics of modern high school students only on an intuitive level, and 9% do not have knowledge in this area. A potentially problematic area is the ability of teachers to organize effective interaction and mutual assistance of students, including in the development of their digital competence.

Сonclusions. Based on the results of the survey of teachers, the following recommendations are given: to create optimal working conditions for teachers, to contribute to the improvement of psychological and pedagogical competencies in the conditions of digitalization of education; to provide educational specialists with a wide range of methodological materials ensuring the improvement of pedagogical strategies to stimulate digital self-expression and creativity of students; within the framework of advanced training courses, teachers should focus not only on mastering digital skills, but also on methods, forms and means of ensuring the Internet security of schoolchildren; to implement among educational specialists educational and scientific and methodological activities aimed at formation of the ideas about psychological characteristics of schoolchildren based on the data of modern scientific research; to encourage and motivate not only the beginners, but also the experienced teachers in the field of self-education on the development of psychological and pedagogical competencies related to the use of digital technologies in education.

Keywords: teacher, digital transformation of general education, digitalization, professional deficits of teachers, psychological and pedagogical competencies

For Reference: Galustov, R. A., Gerlach, I. V., Egizaryants, M. N., Kapieva, K. R., & Tvelova, I. A. (2022). Monitoring and analysis of professional deficits of teachers in the field of psychological and pedagogical competencies, manifested in the conditions of digital transformation of education. Perspektivy nauki i obrazovania – Perspectives of Science and Education, 59 (5), 585-599. doi: 10.32744/pse.2022.4.35

Information about the authors:

Robert A. Galustov (Armavir, Russia) - Professor, Dr. Sci. (Educ.), Professor of the Department of Theory, History of Pedagogy and Educational Practice. Armavir State Pedagogical University. E-mail: rgalustov@mail.ru. ORCID ID: 0000-0002-1325-4611. Scopus Author ID: 57188670757. ResearcherID: T-4218-2018

Irina V. Gerlach (Russia, Armavir) - Associate Professor, Cand. Sci. (Educ.), Associate Professor of the Department of Theory, History of Pedagogy and Educational Practice, Researcher at the Research Institute for the Development of Education. Armavir State Pedagogical University. E-mail: irina_gerlah@mail.ru. ORCID ID: 0000-0002-7123-9778. ResearcherID: AAX-1326-2021

Marina N. Egizaryants (Russia, Armavir) - Associate Professor, Cand. Sci. (Psychol.), Associate Professor of the Department of Social Pedagogy and Psychology. Armavir State Pedagogical University. E-mail: marina-egizaryanc@mail.ru. ORCID ID: 0000-0002-8882-5685. ResearcherID: ABC-9686-2021

Knarik R. Kapieva (Russia, Armavir) - Associate Professor, Cand. Sci. (Psychol.), Associate Professor of the Department of Social Pedagogy and Psychology. Armavir State Pedagogical University. E-mail: brilliantka09@mail.ru. ORCID ID: 0000-0002-3819-3130

Irina A. Tvelova (Russia, Armavir) - Associate Professor, Cand. Sci. (Psychol.), Associate Professor of the Department of Social Pedagogy and Psychology, Researcher at the Research Institute for the Development of Education. Armavir State Pedagogical University. E-mail: tvelova.i@yandex.ru. ORCID ID: 0000-0002-1723-9048