DEFINING KEY PSYCHODIDACTIC STRATEGIES IN BRANCH (PROFESSIONAL) DIDACTICS AND THEIR IMPLEMENTATION IN UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION OF TECHNICAL TEACHERS

Abstract

Today's society is characterized by scientific and technological progress, an information explosion, and at the same time is marked by considerable environmental, economic and social problems. Pedagogy and the school system must also respond to this trend.

Technical education has an important position not only in the teaching process, but also in the pupil's leisure time. An individual who learns flexibly, creatively solving complex problems, cooperating with others, but also promoting their own thoughts and opinions, is more likely to become a successful and valid member of society. The issue of optimal content definition of practical training of future teachers and increasing their professional competencies in the area of ​​implementation of teaching strategies is at the center of interest of the didactics. The identification of adaptive teaching strategies and the application of a cognitive-oriented approach for developing pupils' critical and creative thinking and other key strategies in professional didactics is part of the project APVV-15-0368 Practice in the Center of Professional Didactics. The paper presents partial results of the project solution and definition of some key strategies.