Study of preschool teachers' readiness to use digital technology in pedagogical activities

The relevance of the research is determined by the priority areas of modern educational policy, as reflected in the Federal project “Digital educational environment”. The creation of a digital educational environment is recognized as a basic condition for training specialists for the digital economy. The problem of creating a digital educational environment (DEE) in a preschool organization is based on the contradiction between the need to create a modern and safe digital educational environment that ensures high quality and accessibility of education of all types and levels, and the lack of readiness of preschool teachers for this process. The purpose of this study is to study the readiness for the use of digital technologies in professional activities by preschool teachers. Methodology. The study used the following complex methods: studying regulatory documents, polling and questioning preschool teachers, analyzing the results. Results. Analysis of the study of the readiness to use digital technologies in the professional activity of a preschool teacher made it possible to conclude that its low level is associated with the lack of ideas about the possibilities of organizing the educational process on their basis. The author's questionnaire for studying the readiness of preschool teachers to use digital resources in pedagogical activity is presented. The theoretical significance lies in the description of possible ways to study the readiness of teachers on the basis of the proposed questionnaire. The prospects of research in the field of developing the content of additional professional education programs on the use of digital resources in the pedagogical activity of preschool teachers have been determined.