THE HISTORY OF THE FORMATION OF ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION IN RUSSIA

Abstract

The work reflects the main points of the historical path traversed by the Russian system of additional professional education (using the example of higher school teachers). The article provides a definition of the structure and content of the definition of “additional professional education”. The possibilities of implementing additional professional education are considered using the example of higher school teachers. The researcher shows forms and content, directions of development of the Russian system of teachers’ professional education for the period from the XVIII century to the present. This period was conditionally divided into five main stages of the implementation of the DPO, the key features of their functioning are shown. The emphasis is placed on the modern period of the development of the vocational education system, related to the training of teachers to work with modern digital technologies and, in particular, AI; with progressive approaches to teaching students foreign languages; the formation of soft skills among students, etc.