Substantive aspects of optional courses arranging within the Master’s programme “Pedagogy of the higher school”.

Abstract

The article proves the necessity of arranging optional courses on the specialty “Pedagogy of the higher school” for future university teachers and teachers of other higher educational institutions. In the author’s opinion, it will favour the realization of our country’s major educational goal that is the creation of conditions for development and self-realization of each personality as a citizen of Ukraine, and it suggests that the “knowledge paradigm” of education should be turned into “activity and developing” one; the transition from information-reproductive studying to person-oriented is seen as obligatory; this goal also suggests raising educational demands before the Master’s degree student who is an intending teacher.

Key words:

person-oriented learning, optional course, Master’s programme, teacher, Master’s degree student.