PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF PRESCHOOL AND PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHER IN THE SYSTEM OF POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION IN POLAND

This article describes a new kind of postgraduate education in Poland, which allows a teacher to gain qualification of certain subject or training required for the particular type of employment. This type of postgraduate education school has determined new opportunities, as it has been implemented through creative plans for teachers on implementing innovative ideas in teaching practice. It has been determined that postgraduate education is an investment in human resources, investment equivalent to, or even more, than material or physical investment. Two models of postgraduate education have been characterized – «consumer model» and «progressive model». «The consumer model» of postgraduate education is characterized by the specific pedagogical knowledge obtained in order to meet immediate needs related to the improvement of educational practice. The content of «progressive model» is a provision stating that only creative, advanced teacher who has social and psychological skills, is able to provide a personal and intellectual development of students. In addition, only the teacher, who is self-fulfilled, can fully shape their students need to self-realization. Based on questionnaires, interviews, conversations empirical data analysis is presented, these findings can be used in postgraduate education of preschool and primary school teachers: a clear concept of specialized training – the need to develop functional skills teacher; the concept of functional orientation – need more qualifications for teachers and activity forms of learning; innovation model – methods and forms that enable active and independent and the resulting individual needs to obtain broad knowledge and skills.