Distance learning in the system of professional training of primary school teachers: retrospective analysis

A retrospective analysis of the formation of the system of professional training of primary school teachers in the terms of distance learning in HEI of Ukraine has been carried out in the article. The tendencies of the dynamics of implementation of distance learning in the educational process of a higher pedagogical school in accordance with a number of factors (political and economic; social and educational; technological and program) and institutional aspects of regulatory and legal support have been singled out. Thematic researches in the educational and scientific space have been analyzed and the directions of urgency of transformation of distance learning in the chronology of its development have been determined. The periodization of the development of professional training of primary school teachers in terms of distance learning with certain stages and characteristic historical and pedagogical features has been presented. The idea of a «triad» of possibilities on the way of evolutionary development has been proved: an educational technology, a form of training organization, distance professional training as a pedagogical system. An evaluative vision of the disadvantages and advantages of the research subject at all stages of implementation has been formed and the recommended ways of constructive changes in professional training of primary school teachers in the changing conditions of the digital educational space have been identified.