Potential opportunities for education and self-development of master's degree students in the profile «Preschool education»
- Authors: Soldatenko K.Y.1
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Affiliations:
- Moscow City Pedagogical University
- Issue: Vol 16, No 3 (2025)
- Pages: 348-374
- Section: Educational and Pedagogical Studies
- Published: 31.08.2025
- URL: https://ogarev-online.ru/2658-4034/article/view/312205
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.12731/2658-4034-2025-16-3-747
- EDN: https://elibrary.ru/MFKHMH
- ID: 312205
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Background. The need for preschool education specialists in the labor market remains very relevant. New technologies for working with children in educational organizations are actively developed and applied in practice. Thus, in the field of preschool education, a demand has been formed for the introduction of promising qualifications and strengthening of the staff. In this regard, the study of the phenomenon of professional and personal development of students in the context of expanding the potential for self-realization, the formation of readiness for education and self-development in the process of studying at a university is of particular relevance.
Purpose – identification of organizational and pedagogical conditions that influence the quality of education and self-development of students in the Master's program in Preschool Education.
Materials and methods. Pedagogical design (development and testing of a project for the step-by-step interaction of teachers and students), theoretical analysis, survey, quantitative, qualitative and comparative data analysis. The study involved 59 master's students majoring in «Preschool Education» at the State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education of the City of Moscow «Moscow City Pedagogical University» of the Institute of Pedagogy and Psychology of Education.
Results. The main factors for the successful expansion of the pedagogical potential and self-development of students are: establishing partnership relations with university teachers and fellow students; understanding the possibilities of applying the learning outcomes (career growth, mastering modern technologies for working with children and parents, studying the management aspects of an educational organization, enriching ideas in the field of additional education and scientific activity); conscious choice of the program of study at the university and a stable interest in the profession, the desire to work in the field of education. The implementation of the project of stage-by-stage interaction with students using methods of stimulating scientific activity and dialogue is aimed at forming the subjective activity of the master's student, creating opportunities for self-expression, expanding professional experience and active involvement in research activities.
About the authors
Ksenia Yu. Soldatenko
Moscow City Pedagogical University
Author for correspondence.
Email: soldatenkokyu@mgpu.ru
ORCID iD: 0009-0007-2818-068X
SPIN-code: 1507-6598
ResearcherId: JTT-9761-2023
PhD in Pedagogy, Associate Professor of the Department of Pedagogy, Institute of Pedagogy and Psychology of Education
Russian Federation, 4, 2-y Selskokhozyaistvenny proezd, Moscow, 129226, Russian Federation
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