Contextual Approach to Professional Training of a Future Teacher/Musician

Abstract

The paper presents the author’s view of the current issue of finding ways to implement new strategies for the development of higher artistic education related to integration into the European space through introduction of a contextual approach to the professional training of a future teacher/musician. The paper is aimed at highlighting the specifics of using the contextual approach in the course of professional training of future teachers/musicians. The main principle of contextual learning is the fact that knowledge becomes
the student’s personal acquisition when it is learned within an authentic context. In contextual learning, a conventional curriculum is a broader context that integrates the study content of different subjects in preparing students for professional activities. By revealing the meaning of the contextual approach, the authors emphasize that the basic unit of contextual learning content is not a “piece of information” or a problem solved by a model, but a problematic situation requiring the productive thinking of a student.
The authors highlight the significance of the experience development process among students of higher artistic educational establishments through establishing the relationship between internal and external contexts. The past experience contributes to students deeper understanding that they will be able to implement the acquired knowledge and developed competencies in their further activities, regardless of the timespan passed. It is also important to design pedagogical situations and tasks, the process of solving which involves
a transformation of the social content of professional activity through the reflection of real events. The implementation of a contextual approach to the professional training of future teachers/musicians promotes the development of professional abilities of future specialists, helps them to determine the level of their training, formation of professional competencies and competitiveness more objectively and
accurately. The application of this approach determines not only the vector of personality development, but also creates conditions for the development of a strategy for its improvement and the implementation of individual abilities.