Competencies of a teacher of primary general education: research of professional deficits

Introduction. The article analyzes theoretical approaches to the study of various aspects of the formation of professional competence of a teacher. The relevance of studying of the professional deficits of a modern primary school teacher is substantiated. The purpose of the article is to study and interpret the results of professional competence deficits of a teacher of primary general education. Materials and Methods. Research methods were used: theoretical analysis of the problem based on the study of psychological, pedagogical, methodological literature; content analysis of educational and scientific texts used for educational purposes for primary school children; synthesis, comparative and descriptive methods, analysis. An empirical study was conducted to study the professional deficits of primary school teachers in the Republic of Mordovia. Automated diagnostic tasks were used to identify the level of formation of methodological competencies. Results. Diagnostics of the formation of methodological competencies of primary school teachers has been developed and carried out. The diagnostic results indicate the presence of professional deficits among teachers of primary general education. Teachers find it difficult to determine the goals of activity at certain stages of the lesson, the sequence of structural elements of the lesson to solve practical problems, to select tasks of different levels of complexity for differentiated work. Discussion and Conclusion. The obtained data should be taken into account when organizing the activities of professional learning communities, building individual educational routes to improve the professional methodological competence of primary school teachers, updating the content of advanced training programs in terms of developing skills in organizing project and research activities of younger schoolchildren, understanding by teachers of the functions of control and evaluation in primary school, the essence of the formation of universal educational action, the features of the formation of educational activities of a junior high school student.