ACADEMIC DISCIPLINE «TEACHING METHODOLOGY OF THE EDUCATIONAL BRANCH «ART» (MUSIC, CHOREOGRAPHY, FINE ARTS) IN PROFESSIONAL TRAINING OF STUDENTS OF PEDAGOGICAL COLLEGES

In the article, the author considers the significance of the academic discipline «Methodology of Teaching the Educational Branch «Art» (Music, Choreography, Fine Arts» in the professional training of students of pedagogical colleges. The author believes that in the training of highly qualified pedagogical personnel, pedagogical colleges play an important role, providing students with the necessary theoretical knowledge and practical skills for successful professional activity, because high-quality professional training of students of pedagogical colleges is the key to the success of educational reform, since it is precisely on the professionalism of teachers that the quality of education and student success depend. The content of the educational branch «Art», developed in accordance with the State Standard of Primary General Education, is integrated in musical, fine arts and artistic-synthetic content lines. This integrated approach is aimed at forming in schoolchildren a holistic idea of art as a universal form of cultural expression. The subjects of the educational branch «Art» play a key role in the comprehensive development students' personalities, contributing to the formation of their emotional and sensory sphere, artistic and figurative, associative and critical thinking and creating favorable conditions for generating creative ideas, realizing their own creative needs in artistic activity and the process of cognition. The author proves that the academic discipline «Methodology of teaching the educational field «Art» (music, choreography, fine arts)» is an important component of the professional training of students of pedagogical colleges. Its successful mastery ensures the formation of future teachers with the necessary theoretical knowledge, practical skills and methodological skills for effective work with students in the field of art education. The academic discipline «Methodology of teaching the educational field «Art» (music, choreography, fine arts)» is aimed at the formation of such key competencies in students of pedagogical colleges as subject-methodical, pedagogical, communicative, creative and information-communicational. The course «Methodology of teaching the educational field «Art» (music, choreography, fine arts)» involves various forms of work, such as lectures, practical classes, master classes, pedagogical practice in secondary education institutions and extracurricular educational institutions of the art direction, independent work with educational literature and Internet resources. The course is provided with modern educational and methodological materials, including textbooks, teaching aids, methodological recommendations, samples of lessons and creative works of students.