Technology Of Developing Tolerance Competencies In Future Teachers By Means Of An Elective Course
Abstract
The article highlights the problems associated with the fact that developing tolerance competencies in future teachers is an important issue from a professional and personal points of view. It is substantiated that developing tolerance competencies in students, as a set of integrative qualities and characteristics, is classified into pedagogical, general cultural and emotional types. It is also substantiated that the issue of developing tolerance in future teachers is associated with such flexible skills as critical thinking, teamwork, respect for diversity and achievement of effective cooperation in a culturally diverse society. In the article, approaches to tolerance pedagogy and the main principles of scientific researches of leading scientists in this field are described. Besides, the elective course “Tolerance Pedagogy” developed at the National Pedagogical University of Uzbekistan named after Nizami is presented as an effective practice for developing tolerance competencies in future teachers. Also, ways of integrated teaching of this elective course in “Enlightenment lessons” are shown.