Student-centered educational technology of individualization within the framework of teacher education institutions

Introduction. The authors investigate individualization of education at pedagogical universities. The purpose of the article is to conceptualize the key ideas of a student-centered technology of individualizing teaching learning process at pedagogical universities. Materials and Methods. Data for this study were collected using the following methods: interpretation, comparative analysis and reviewing research literature on the target problem; comparison of leading ideas and practices of individualization in Russian and foreign studies; discussions and "round tables" with researchers and practitioners; summarizing experience and empirical evidence in studying the approaches and educational technologies of individualization at pedagogical universities. Results. The authors identified the main features of individualization as a binary process of external and internal individualization; revealed the peculiarities of individualizing educational process in terms of developing students’ identity and personality. The authors provide the main characteristics of the student-centered technology of individualizing the educational process at pedagogical universities; and identified effective means of both external and internal individualization. The article describes the conditions which contribute to developing single student-centered technologies of individualizing educational process. Conclusions. The proposed key ideas of the technology are scientifically conceptualized, contribute to individualization of educational process and development of effective student-centered educational technologies at pedagogical universities.