Educational provisions to build technological competency in future physical education specialists
Presently the national education system gives a high priority to the professional educators’ performance efficiency improvement initiatives, with a special emphasis on the technological competency building component pivotal for their mastery in the education technology design basics and, hence, the education process quality improvement domain. The study found that due educational provisions need to be put in place to: develop high motivations in the trainees to learn the education technology design basics; employ every opportunity provided in the formal and informal education systems to build the technological competency in future physical education specialists; and ensure the technological competency building process being efficiently staged. The study was performed at the Mordovian Base Centre of Pedagogical Education, with senior students of the Physical Education Department of Mordovian State Pedagogical Institute named after M.E. Evsevyev being subject to the study. Practical tests of the resultant educational provisions showed their benefits for the future education specialist technological competency building process.