TRAINING OF SPORTS' DISCIPLINES' TEACHERS TO WORK WITH GIFTED CHILDREN IN THE SYSTEM OF INFORMAL EDUCATION OF PR CHINA

The basic principle of the educational systems of developed countries functioning is the involvement of a citizen in continuous, lifelong learning. A leading form of implementation of this principle and public demand is the provision of educational services in the informal sector, or non-formal education. Like Ukraine, the PRC is now undergoing the formation of the education system mentioned. And the Chinese system of informal education itself is the main user of the Ukrainian teacher's resource, since it is exactly the work of the institutions of non-formal education of the People's Republic of China that invites a large number of teachers and other pedagogical workers from Ukraine. This article is devoted to the training of future teachers of sports disciplines for further work in the system of non-formal education in the PRC. The differences in the perception of the term "informal education" in Ukrainian and Chinese professional literature are also presented.

For a long period of time formal education was considered to be traditional and generally accepted form of acquiring knowledge and skills, which was widely adopted both in the Western countries and in China. The definition of non-formal education that is traditional for European science is as following: any kind of organized and systematic activity that may not coincide with the activities of schools, colleges, universities and other institutions that are part of the formal education system. In the social sciences and in the practice of modern pedagogy, the term is used along with the concepts of «continuous education», «additional education» and «self-education» to describe the realities of the modern world, where the process of mastering new knowledge and skills accompanies an individual throughout life, taking various forms. As a rule, non-formal education is considered in opposition to formal education, which takes place within the framework of official educational institutions and is accompanied by the obtaining of officially recognized educational documents. Non-formal education also plays an important role in educating children and adults who cannot attend school, or the school education does not fulfill their needs.

As to the People's Republic of China, today the interpretation of the concept of «non-formal education» in this country proceeds from its main functions: to serve as a source of minimal and obligatory knowledge and qualifications` gaining for people who, due to their lifestyle and remoteness from urban centers, do not have the opportunity to attend educational institutions of the formal education system, as well as being a source of additional knowledge, skills and qualifications for those who receive education in public kindergartens, schools, universities etc. Also, unlike other countries, the issuance of a diploma or certificate is mandatory for non-formal education institutions in the PRC.

In Ukraine and in the PR China, there is no deliberate training of future teachers of sports disciplines to work in institutions of non-formal education. It is believed that at the university students are to master the complex of universal knowledge, skills and abilities, and their practical adaptation and profiling they will gain at the first place of work. Therefore, the system of informal education in China is used by future teachers of sports disciplines as a kind of "platform for practice", where there is an opportunity to take a social practice in free time and gain practical experience.