Education for sustainable development as a guarantee of qualitative primary education in a New ukrainian school

The article provides rational importance of education for sustainable development in modern society. The authors identify the subject and the aim of the research: peculiarities of the implementation of theoretical principles of education for sustainable development in Ukraine and evaluation of pedagogical influence of the use of author's methodological concept of advanced environmental education on the development of primary schoolchildren’s environmental competence. The article represents experimental materials, according to which the authors make conclusion that education for sustainable development and advanced environmental education as its key part occupy the dominant position in the New Ukrainian School, as they provide high quality of primary education and prepare young learners for life in sustainable models of balanced development. У статті розкрито раціональне значення освіти для сталого розвитку в сучасному суспільстві. Висвітлено особливості впровадження теоретичних засад освіти для сталого розвитку в Україні та надано оцінку педагогічного впливу використання авторської методологічної концепції екологічної освіти на розвиток екологічної компетентності молодших школярів. Презентовано експериментальні матеріали, згідно з якими автори статті доходять висновку, що освіта для сталого розвитку та випереджувальна екологічна освіта як її ключова частина посідають провідне місце в Новій українській школі, оскільки забезпечують високу якість початкової освіти та готують молодших школярів до життя в стійких моделях збалансованого розвитку

Modernization of Education Programs and Formation of Digital Competences of Future Primary School Teachers

Modernization of education programs is carried out through the digital technologies integration into the education system, in particular, i nto the primary education system. This leads to the i ntegration of courses and disciplines into curricula for the development of digital competences of future primary school teachers. The purpose of the investigation was to study the features of modernizat ion of education programs in order to form digital co mpetences of future primary school teachers. 48 scientific publications have been examined, studied and systematized, wher

THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL SUPPORT OF TRAINING OF FUTURE TEACHERS OF THE NEW UKRAINIAN PRIMARY SCHOOL FOR THE FORMATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL CULTURE

The pedagogical condition of training a future primary school teacher for the formation of environmental culture that is the use of appropriate traditional and innovative forms and methods in the direction of actualization of needs of children in nature protection activities is characterized. The implementation of this condition is based on the cooperation of lecturers and students of higher educational institutions and was carried out in classroom and during extracurricular activities. Updated curricula on the subjects "Fundamentals of Environmental Studies", "Methods of Teaching Subjects of the Integrated Course "I Explore the World" are provided.The program of pedagogical practice for students of higher educational establishments (3rd year, Specialty 013 Primary Education) with environmental content is updated – the purpose and objectives for each lesson for studying topics related to nature protection and environmental management issues are formulated: definition of teaching methods for nature protection and environmental management taking into account psychological and individual characteristics of children, self-analysis of the lesson on the integrated course "I Explore the World", analysis of a lesson taking into account the solution of pedagogic and educational tasks set before the lesson. The directions of educational (field) practice are specified: study and assessment of the state of nature of the native land; nature protection; topics and content of ecological excursions as a leading organizational form of educational (field) practice are diversified.The developments of the special seminar "Psychological and Pedagogical Foundations of Environmental Education of Primary School Children" are provided. The seminar consisted of three parts: 1) the first part "Nature as a Universal Value" revealed the global problems of the planet, the essence of environmental culture of a teacher; 2) in the second part – "Psychological Bases of Environmental Education of Primary School Children" psychological methods offormation of environmental consciousness and behaviour were studied; 3) the third part is devoted to the pedagogical foundations of environmental education of primary school children

Preparing future primary school teachers for the formation of school children’s ecocentric worldview

The higher the level of knowledge, skills, moral education is provided in primary school, the more confidently we can talk about the formation of a general culture of personality (environmental culture is a component of a general culture)

Training of primary school specialists taking into account up-to-date opportunities for self-improvement

The purpose of the research is to analyze the training of primary school specialists taking into account the up-to-date opportunities for self-improvement at the stage of university training and at the early stage of professional activity (the first 3-5 years after starting work at school). In order to obtain empirical data, a diversified diagnostic model has been developed, within which a questionnaire has been conducted and a method of presenting a portfolio of professional self-improvement has been applied. The research based on the tactics of self-reflection of graduates has showed a high level of formation of professional self-improvement, which is partly due to the selection criteria of respondents. Comparison of the results with the data of the studied group of respondents – primary school teachers with teaching experience ≥5 years allowed assessing the dynamics of professional self-improvement at the stages of pre-service and in-service training, as well as identifying promising areas of professional self-improvement, which should be emphasized during the university training of future primary school teachers. Keywords: personal development, university training, elementary school teacher, professional training, self-reflectio

Prevalence, years lived with disability, and trends in anaemia burden by severity and cause, 1990–2021: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

Background: Anaemia is a major health problem worldwide. Global estimates of anaemia burden are crucial for developing appropriate interventions to meet current international targets for disease mitigation. We describe the prevalence, years lived with disability, and trends of anaemia and its underlying causes in 204 countries and territories. Methods: We estimated population-level distributions of haemoglobin concentration by age and sex for each location from 1990 to 2021. We then calculated anaemia burden by severity and associated years lived with disability (YLDs). With data on prevalence of the causes of anaemia and associated cause-specific shifts in haemoglobin concentrations, we modelled the proportion of anaemia attributed to 37 underlying causes for all locations, years, and demographics in the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Findings: In 2021, the global prevalence of anaemia across all ages was 24·3% (95% uncertainty interval [UI] 23·9–24·7), corresponding to 1·92 billion (1·89–1·95) prevalent cases, compared with a prevalence of 28·2% (27·8–28·5) and 1·50 billion (1·48–1·52) prevalent cases in 1990. Large variations were observed in anaemia burden by age, sex, and geography, with children younger than 5 years, women, and countries in sub-Saharan Africa and south Asia being particularly affected. Anaemia caused 52·0 million (35·1–75·1) YLDs in 2021, and the YLD rate due to anaemia declined with increasing Socio-demographic Index. The most common causes of anaemia YLDs in 2021 were dietary iron deficiency (cause-specific anaemia YLD rate per 100 000 population: 422·4 [95% UI 286·1–612·9]), haemoglobinopathies and haemolytic anaemias (89·0 [58·2–123·7]), and other neglected tropical diseases (36·3 [24·4–52·8]), collectively accounting for 84·7% (84·1–85·2) of anaemia YLDs. Interpretation: Anaemia remains a substantial global health challenge, with persistent disparities according to age, sex, and geography. Estimates of cause-specific anaemia burden can be used to design locally relevant health interventions aimed at improving anaemia management and prevention. Funding: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation