ФОРМУВАННЯ ПОЧАТКОВОГО ПРОФЕСІЙНОГО ДОСВІДУ МАЙБУТНІХ МЕНЕДЖЕРІВ ОСВІТИ ЗАСОБАМИ ІГРОВИХ ТЕХНОЛОГІЙ НАВЧАННЯ

The article focuses on proving the practicability of using interactive approaches to teaching as a means of creative activity experience formation when studying at a vocational institution. Special attention is paid to the methodological aspects of game approach application in the process of training education managers due to the versatility of this teaching method. The author points out that practical and interactive components of teaching methods facilitate the increase of the efficiency of future education managers training. Besides, attention is paid to the fact that the interactive technologies, which are used at intersubject tutorials, in the process of education managers professional training allow to unite such neighboring disciplines as Theory of Management, Psychology of Management, Staff Management, Management Technique, Informational and Communicative Activity Mana¬gement. It gives an opportunity to structure the acquired knowledge, so that it forms students’ professional skills, which are necessary for the successful gaining of their future profession. The author also states, that today the variety of interactive teaching methods is rather wide. The most effective methods are business role-playing games, which are used in the system of training Master Degree students majoring in the specialty “Education Institution Management” at South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University named after K. D. Ushynsky (Odesa). Games motivate students making them the subjects of their own professional work development. Business role-playing games are characterized by the well-defined aim of studying and corresponding training result, which can be substantiated, distinguished and educationally oriented, due to which the training process is activated to the greatest possible extent. In the process of educational managers professional training game methods are used to help students understand new concepts, they develop their professional interest and make the training process more creative and interesting. The author concludes that game methods are a versatile teaching means in the process of future education managers training. They should be used with the aim of their professional competence formation.