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author: Anastasiia Volos


Urgency of the research. STEM-education in Ukraine is in the stage of formation, its implementation is through the reform of school education, namely, the reform of the “New Ukrainian School”. Digital technologies, as an integral part of STEM-education in modern life, occupy a special place in the educational space for the sake of accessibility, integrity, relevance and openness of information. The relevance of the topic is due to the lack of research on STEM-education productivity in Ukraine, which would allow for a developed system of competencies, advantages, perspectives and problems in the process of education of lifelong learning.

Target setting. Paying attention to the material, technical and methodological support of secondary education in Ukraine, the question arises whether the effective and productive process of implementing STEM-education even as a pedagogical experiment.

Actual scientific researches and issues analysis. The following scientists were investigating STEM-education in Ukraine: V. Voronkova, O. Kyvlyuk, S. Kutsepal, V. Nikitenko and others. In the world, STEM-education was consider as the driving force of the future R. Andryukyitene, M. Midga T. Perrault, and others like that.

The research objective. Among the challenges, facing STEM-education in Ukraine is the definition of the capabilities of a “universal” teacher of STEM disciplines in modern realities.

The statement of basic material. There is currently no specific mechanism for the implementation and implementation of STEM-education, which would provide a continuous process for preparing the “human of the future”. Given the concept of Nursing, it can be argued that STEM-education is a significant place among its main provisions.

Considering STEM-education as a whole, it is clear that the Ukrainian educational space is a basic system for achieving the main goal of reform, which is possible in the ideal educational environment.

Conclusions. One of the conditions for the formation of an ideal educational space is the preparation of a “universal” teacher of STEM-disciplines in modern realities.

Experimental STEM-education in Ukraine requires the development of new techniques and educational and professional training programs for STEM-discipline teachers.

Keywords: STEM-education, reform of school education, lifelong learning, “universal” teacher, “human of the future”, STEM-discipline teachers.  

 

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