Pedagogical foundations of the problem of forming communicative competence of future elementary school teachers

The article is devoted to the problem of forming communicative competence of future elementary school teachers. The objectives of the study were to highlight the conceptual pedagogical foundations and components on which the process of forming communicative competence in future elementary school teachers is based. The task of scientific exploration was to conduct a pilot study to identify the level of understanding of the future elementary school teachers of the phenomenon of “communicative competence” and its importance for further professional activity. The organized research was based on theoretical (study, analysis, systematization, and generalization of scientific-pedagogical, psychological, and methodological literature on the problem under study) and empirical (diagnostic evaluation, questioning, monitoring and educational experiment) methods. The concepts of “competence”, “competence”, “communicative competence”, “communicative competence of a future elementary school teacher” were revealed. The problem of development of communicative competence as a professional value of a modern elementary school teacher is outlined. The results of the survey of students-future teachers of primary classes on the understanding of the essence and necessity of formation of communicative competence during professional training in higher educational institutions of Ukraine are presented.