PROJECTS METHOD AS PEDAGOGICAL CONDITION OF IT TEACHERS' ECONOMIC THINKING DEVELOPMENT IN POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION

In this article a method of training projects as a pedagogical condition of economic thinking teachers of computer science in postgraduate education is presented. The relevance of this subject can be explained by the fact that the current conditions of contemporary Ukrainian society actualize the need to develop new teachers' pedagogical thinking, which acts as an important component of economic thinking. That is why there is a need to explore the pedagogical conditions of teachers' economic thinking in postgraduate education; therefore the object of this article is the studying of the method of training projects as one of the pedagogical conditions. The author analyzes the training project from the standpoint of a process and a result, he defines types of training projects and groups for their implementation recommended for effective development of economic thinking of IT teachers in postgraduate education, and this became the basis of formulating theoretical and methodological principles for the implementation of educational projects for the effective development of IT teachers' economic thinking in the process of postgraduate education. The author also has presented the results of empirical research of the levels of economic thinking formation in the experimental group, which used the method of projects, and in the control group, which used traditional techniques, which confirms the theoretical basis of the article. The research presented in the article demonstrates the effectiveness of training projects method for the development of IT teachers' economic thinking in the process of postgraduate education. The article's key points have theoretical and methodological importance for the further research of the problem of IT teachers' economic thinking in postgraduate education and advanced training of mathematics, natural sciences and information subjects teachers.