INDUSTRIAL PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICE AS A WAY OF IMPLEMENTING THE UNITY OF THEORY AND PRACTICE IN THE TRAINING OF HIGH SCHOOL SPECIALISTS

The article examines the problem of the relationship between educational theory and practice. It is noted that the connection between theory and practice is an indisputable fact and is determined by the awareness of the latter as: 1) the source of any theory (theoretical knowledge is generated by the practical activities of people); 2) fields of application of the theory (any theory is enriched in the conditions of practical activity); 3) criterion of the truth of the theory (any theory must pass a practical test). Special emphasis is placed on industrial pedagogical practice as an important way of realizing the unity of theory and practice in the training of higher education specialists. The experience of the implementation of industrial practices (industrial pedagogical practice in a higher school, industrial scientific and pedagogical practice in a higher school) at the Department of General Pedagogy and Andragogy of the Poltava National Pedagogical University named after V. G. Korolenko within the educational and professional program "Educational, Pedagogical Sciences" specialty 011 Educational, Pedagogical Sciences.