Specifics of innovative educational environment and its influence on the development of future teachers’ innovative competence

Abstract. The relevance of the study is determined by the change in views on the process of developing innovative competence of future teachers and the need to improve the innovative educational environment. Accordingly, the purpose of the study was to reveal the specific features and properties of the innovative educational environment and its impact on the process of developing innovative competence in future teachers. To implement the goal, a set of general scientific methods was used: theoretical methods – system analysis, synthesis, generalisation, and comparison; empirical methods – observational (direct and indirect observation, methods of expert assessment and self-assessment); ranking, which helped to find out the specifics of the innovative educational environment in the process of developing innovative competence of future teachers. The content of the concepts “innovation environment”, “innovation space”, “development of innovative competence”, “innovative educational environment” was analysed. It was emphasised that through participation in the work of project groups, educators and future teachers gain valuable experience in innovative and creative collective activities and have the opportunity to develop leadership qualities and innovative competence. It was established that the innovative educational environment in the context of professional training of future teachers functions as a system that creates conditions for personal development as an innovator, promotes the disclosure of creative abilities, and the improvement of innovative and professional skills, emphasising the unity and interaction of its elements. The results of the study also indicate that the professional development of future teachers is significantly influenced by the innovative learning environment, which is simultaneously developed due to the innovation activity of students. The practical significance of this study is that the results obtained can be used in future studies on the impact of information and communication technologies on the subject-subject interaction between participants in the
educational process