Legal competence development of the teacher in sphere of preschool education

Abstract

Introduction. The authors point to the relevance of the problem of the legal competence development of a teacher in the sphere of preschool legal education. The requirements determined by the Federal State Educational Standards of Preschool Education in the field of legal education and social training of the child indicate the need for its development.Materials and Methods. The authors used methods of analysis, systematization and generalization of scientific literature according to the research problem, experimental research of the development level of a preschool teacher's legal competence. The purpose of the article is to develop a model for the development of legal competence of a preschool teacher.Results. The authors understand legal competence of a preschool teacher as a complex of components (value-motivational, content-legal, functional-activity, reflexive-evaluative), the formation of which ensures a more effective organization of work on legal education of pupils. The authors distinguish three levels of its formation (high, medium, low) and characterize them. There are results of studying the level of formation of the legal competence of a preschool teacher.The authors have developed a model for the development of legal competence of a preschool teacher, focused on the modern values of the preschool education system, the continuity of the teacher's personal and professional development, the formation of his legal attitudes, methods of professional and legal activity. There are the pedagogical conditions for its realization. There are examples of recommended forms and methods of developing the legal competence of a preschool teacher in a preschool educational organization.Discussion and Conclusions. The authors emphasize the need to develop the legal competence of a preschool teacher as a component of their professional competence. Its high level of formation is the basis for the formation of the legal competence of pupils. As a prospect for further research, the authors designate the approbation of the model for the development of legal competence of a preschool teacher and the verification of the pedagogical conditions for its implementation in the conditions of a preschool educational organization.