Active methods of popularizing scientific psychological and pedagogical knowledge among teachers of general educational organizations

The research problem and the rationale for its relevance. The relevance of the research is associated with improving the quality of general education, the effectiveness of pedagogical work with low-motivated and low-achieving schoolchildren, which involves the possession of scientific psychological and pedagogical knowledge by teachers of general educational organizations. Taking into account their low motivation to master scientifically substantiated, empirically confirmed knowledge of pedagogy and psychology, unsystematic use of them in practice, the goal of this research is connected with the definition and substantiation of active methods of popularization of scientific psychological and pedagogical knowledge, the study of possibilities of such methods application in additional professional education of teachers. Methodology. This goal is achieved by using the method of theoretical analysis of scientific sources, survey method (questioning) to study the readiness of teachers to apply scientific psychological and pedagogical knowledge. The results of the research are related to the development, theoretical justification and validation of pedagogical tools for the popularization of scientific psychological and pedagogical knowledge among teachers, which are presented in the form of methods of adult education. The advantages (visibility, emotionality, dynamism) and peculiarities of the use of methods of cinema pedagogics, condensed information, and the case-method in the professional development of teachers are revealed. The possibilities of their practical use in additional professional education of teachers of general educational organizations are shown. The criterion-evaluation apparatus for determining the teachers' readiness to apply scientific psychological and pedagogical knowledge is described. The content field of these methods is revealed on the example of the implementation of an additional professional program. The influence of active methods of popularization on the expansion of teachers' scientific psychological and pedagogical knowledge is demonstrated. Scientific novelty lies in the theoretical substantiation of active methods of popularization of scientific psychological and pedagogical knowledge among teachers of general educational organizations: cinema pedagogics, method of condensed information, case-method. The practical significance of the presented pedagogical tools is to expand the arsenal of active methods of course training of adult learners for teachers of institutions of additional professional education.