FORMATION OF INFORMATION AND DIGITAL COMPETENCE OF FUTURE PRIMARY TEACHERS IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

The article considers the problem of formation of information and digital competence of future primary school teachers; the essence of the concept of «information and digital competence» is revealed, its components are defined. The purpose of the study is to substantiate the theoretical foundations and practical possibilities of forming information and digital competence of future primary school teachers in higher education institutions. It was found that a contemporary primary school teacher should navigate in the information space, receive information and operate it in accordance with their own needs and requirements of professional activity (create text documents, tables, pictures, diagrams, presentations; use Internet technologies, local networks, databases develop their own electronic products (electronic lesson development; electronic textbooks, training programs, demonstration material); must acquire new knowledge and skills that will help to work comfortably and be competitive in the educational space of the information society. At the stage of theoretical research the curricula of training specialists in the field of knowledge 01 Education / Pedagogy in the specialty 013 Primary Education of Precarpathian National University named after Vasyl Stafanyk are analyzed. The content of academic disciplines, which occupy a paramount place in the formation of information and digital competence, is substantiated. It is concluded that as a result of the formed information and digital competence future teachers will be able to work with computers and multimedia technologies, use different sources of information, use new information technologies and software that will make the educational process flexible, mobile, differentiated and individual.