Contemporary theater arts in the educational activity of the teacher

Contemporary theatrical art is considered in the article in two aspects: as a way to solve the problems of educating students (education by means of theatrical art) and as a means of preparing future teachers to solve educational problems (theatrical pedagogy). At the same time, educational activity is understood from the standpoint of a culturological approach as a purposeful activity of a teacher acting as an intermediary between a child and culture, to include students in modern culture context. The ideas about the peculiarities of contemporary theatrical art that influence the educational tasks solution are concretized: brightness and originality, which create motivation for moral problems discussion; minimalism, allowing you to focus on moral conflict; a large selection of genres, taking into account the students individual capabilities; interactive nature, allowing students to formulate, substantiate and defend their own moral position; combination of artistic and creative activity and computer technology, adequate to modern schoolchildren worldview. Theatrical art, removing the contradictions between the emotional-figurative and the emotional-logical, contributes to the personal holistic development, individuality and subjectivity of the child, allows him to experience the various situations of modern world. The scientific knowledge about the possibilities of theatrical pedagogy in the process of preparing future teachers for educational activities has been clarified: the use of theatrical pedagogy elements contributes to the students' communicative abilities development, the rejection of the stereotypical solution of professional tasks, the ability for improvisation, emotional self-regulation, flexible and productive conflict resolution. The preparation of future teachers for educational activities by means of theatrical pedagogy is considered as one of the conditions for the effectiveness of their professional activities in solving education problems.