ACADEMIC TEXTS REPOSITORY

Summary

The scientific-methodical article highlights the individual experience of a post-graduate education teacher in familiarizing teachers of preschool educational institutions of Mykolaiv region with the «storytelling» technology. The use of «storytelling» technology for educational purposes has been updated. The possibilities of the «storytelling» technology in the education of basic personality qualities in future students of the New Ukrainian School were analysed. The publication presents the author's unique approach to the enhancement of the professional competence of educators in preschool educational institutions by utilizing educational stories to develop the fundamental personality traits of senior preschoolers. The national and foreign experience of using the «storytelling» technology at various educational levels proves that the information provided in the form of educational stories is better perceived and assimilated by the students of education. In preschool childhood, stories composed according to certain rules, taking into account their emotional, motivational and cognitive potential, have an educational impact on the formation of basic qualities of preschool children. This publication describes for the first time the author's approach to the development of the professional competence of teachers of preschool educational institutions regarding the compilation of educational stories for the formation the basic personality qualities of senior preschoolers. The publication systematises the practical work of preschool pedagogues on the given topic and provides literary examples of the authors’ stories aimed at creating the basic personality qualities of senior preschool children: independence, responsibility, creativity.