DEVELOPING PEDAGOGICAL COMPETENCE IN PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS OF UKRAINIAN LITERATURE: PROJECT METHODOLOGY

The professional activity of a high school teacher of Ukrainian Literature requires a wide range of knowledge, skills and personal qualities including flexibility, creativity, getting adjusted to learning conditions, the ability to select an appropriate teaching methodology or assessment technique as well as the skills of compiling syllabi, educational materials, textbooks, etc. All these skills and qualities are components of pedagogical competence which is the key to professional training of prospective teachers of Ukrainian Literature. Developing the above-mentioned competence requires specific training so that it fully reflects real conditions of teaching activity. Therefore, to develop pedagogical competence, the author suggests making use of project methodology with the focus on simulating real professional activities of a teacher.