Project-based learning as an approach to enhance ecological component in professional education

93 undergraduate and graduate students of the Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design were interviewed to assess students’ attitudes to using upcycling technologies and changes in this attitude over the years of study. Students receive professional education in the clothing industry, studying technology, design, and vocational education and training. Despite the generally positive attitude, studies have shown a lack of understanding of the benefits arising from the application of waste administration technologies. Both junior and senior students demonstrated similar bimodal distributions concerning perceived benefits. Approximately half of the students (sceptics) disagree with the benefits, and the other half (optimists) express barely noticeable confidence in the benefits. The changes to the curricula of two disciplines for one of the specialities (vocational education and training) included several classes on problem-based and project-based learning and preparation and execution of ecology-related projects. This experiment changed the existing preferences of students significantly, reducing to zero the number of sceptics and forming a one-peak Gaussian of optimists. Understanding the main problems of waste management is essential in enhancing the ecological component of training future clothing industry specialists operating under sustainable development conditions

An integrated approach to digital training of prospective primary school teachers

The article emphasizes the importance of information and digital  technologies in pre-service training of primary school teachers, substantiates the  content and components of information and digital competence of prospective  primary school teachers. It points out that the main purpose of information and  digital training in the pedagogical higher educational institutions (HEI) is to  ensure the formation of digital competence of future primary school teachers, to  prepare them for developing primary students’ digital literacy in classes on  various academic subjects, for active use of ICT in primary school teachers’  professional activities. An integrated approach to the modernization of  information and digital training of pre-service primary school teachers, which  covers the main forms of the educational process – training sessions, independent  work, practical training, and control activities is justified. The article presents the  results the pedagogical experiment aimed at testing the effectiveness of the  integrated approach to the modernization of information and digital training of  prospective primary school teachers. The results are determined by the level of  digital literacy and the ability of students in the control and experimental groups  to use information and digital technology in the educational process of primary  school