Innovative Approaches to Training Future Specialists in Preschool Education in Crisis Situations
Keywords:
innovations, education, surveys, STEM approach, crises.Abstract
Using the latest opportunities to train future teachers is an essential problem against the background of crises. The proposed article aims to analyse the role of innovative technologies in training future preschool education specialists and determine their effectiveness in crises. The realisation of this goal involved applying scientific survey methods and analysing the results obtained using regression correlation and Pearson correlation, respectively. The results indicate that due to the use of innovations in the educational process, there is a significant increase in the average score. After the start of the experiment, the average level of motivation and professional reflection increased. Pearson’s correlation showed that higher education students had significantly more motivation to study and used its positive impact to pass the test. In addition, the regression analysis showed that even one variable (in the proposed study, motivation) significantly impacts another (in our case, test results). The STEM approach showed the most significant growth results, slightly outperforming the flipped learning opportunities. The conclusions recommend using innovative methods of flipped learning and the STEM approach.
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