Global trends in society as a factor of contents formation of health-preserving technology in educational institutions.

Abstract

Тhe article discusses the factors determining the impact of global trends in the development of society on the content formation in future natural science teachers’ training regarding the implementation of health-preserving technology at educational institutions. The author analyzes scientific and educational literature on this issue and reveales the term “globalization” as a process of interdependence of countries affected by economic, political and cultural relations, the emergence of the world total socio-cultural system. It is emphasized that the changes that are taking place in the modern world, provide formation of this type of culture, for which the conservative “cognitive” education is ineffective and impractical, requiring the need to create a new educational model. Investigated globalization of society led to a change in the educational paradigm, which resulted in the need to rethink the nature of requirements for teacher training, improve their competence in respect of health-preserving technology implementation at educational institutions. The analysis of scientific pedagogical literature suggests that the improvement of vocational training should ensure not only a high level of teachers’ professional knowledge formation, but also personality, capable of effective health-preserving activities in the rapidly changing world of moral choice, critical thinking, systematic analysis of the world events and society.