Advanced training for teachers who master technologies for working with difficult schoolchildren by means of professional networking communities

The research problem and the rationale for its relevance. The article considers the possibilities and prospects of advanced training of teachers of general educational organizations, mastering technologies of work with a difficult contingent of schoolchildren by means of professional network communities. This article reviews scientific, journalistic and educational-methodological literature and analyzes empirical and statistical data in order to substantiate the effectiveness of using the resources of professional network communities in the system of advanced training. The goal of research. Scientific rationale and conceptualization of experience: 1) creation and use of professional network communities on the basis of the social network “VKontakte” as platforms for advanced training of teachers, mastering technologies of work with a difficult group of schoolchildren; 2) development and application of a set of approaches to organize the activities of professional network communities and management (moderation) processes of advanced training of community participants. Methodology. The general methodological basis of the study consists of synergetic, structural-genetic, dialectical approaches. Also as a basis of methodology of research is supposed to use methods of study and analysis of the literature, analytical generalization, forecasting, abstraction, analogy, method of questioning, measurement, data synthesis, generalization, modeling, and statistical processing of the received information. Results. The problem of “deficit” of scientific support of the system of pedagogical work with a difficult group of schoolchildren is actualized. The article substantiates the relevance of using modern tools of informal professional development of teachers, mastering technology work with difficult children. Current literature on the problems of research from different positions is analyzed. The definition of the concepts “methodological associations of teachers”, “professional network communities of teachers” was derived. The analysis of the essence characteristics of professional network communities showed a number of possibilities in terms of using these platforms as an effective means of advanced training, combining elements of formal, non-formal and informal education. The system of work on the organization and management of professional network communities/methodological associations as a modern means of advanced training of teachers, mastering technologies of work with a difficult contingent is presented.