New Approaches to the Design and Implementation of Basic Master’s Programme in Educational Psychology (Kindergarten Teacher)
The paper reviews main approaches to the design of practice-oriented basic professional educational programme (master’s degree).It describes a new approach to graduate training through the acquisition of professional actions in quasi-professional activity.This training is constructed around the professional actions of kindergarten teacher necessary for supporting the educational process in kindergarten.The content of professional training in compliance with the new programme involves mastering specific activities, such as carrying out educational monitoring, analyzing its outcomes and designing the educational process in accordance with features and needs of children of a particular educational institution.Finally, the paper outlines the factors which promote better practice-oriented graduate training in modern conditions (network interactions with kindergartens, availability of supervising educators).