Training of Future Teacher of Music to Research Activity Based on Competency Approach

The publication highlights the interconnection of research students’ activities and structural elements of their professional competence: personal, that reveals knowledge, experience in national and universal culture, shows values and artistic worldview; social, that is related to the environment, social life and social activities; subjective, that reproduces integration of professional artistic, professional performing, psychological and educational activity; methasubjective, that concerns creativity and usage of the system of methods of professional self-improvement and self-organization. Despite the fact that research work is the priority area in the educational process of the higher educational institutions of artistic direction, the problem of involving first-year students of I-II accreditation educational institutions to research work is still out of scientists’ sight. The analysis of first-year students’ basic music education has been carried out and it showed different levels not only of their musical knowledge but also of musical performing and auditory experience. The current disadvantages of the training process of future music teachers is outlined: professional training outruns the process of a teacher-researcher training; research credentials of such disciplines as "Main musical instrument", "Voice training", "Choral Conducting", "Additional musical instrument" is not used to the full extent. The main attention is paid to the reasoning of the choice of the mini-investigation as a form of first-year students’ involvement into research activities; the topic "Literary texts of vocal works by L Beethoven "Malynovka" in verse of G. Bürger and "Babak" in verse of J. Goethe" was chosen; the object, the subject, the objectives, methods and practical meaning of mini-investigation were determined; single-step objectives of the study aims realization were examined. The result of the work was the performance of vocal works in the original language. It is established that the implementation of mini-investigation into the educational process has led to a positive influence on the incidence of professional competence not only for the student, but also for a teacher.