The role of professional autonomy in ensuring university teacher’s readiness for innovative activity

O.A. Gavrilyuk is candidate of Science (Education), head of department;

T.P. Lebedeva is associate professor;

A.V. Lakhno is senior lecturer Professor

V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky’s Krasnoyarsk State Medical University

E-mail: oksana.gavrilyuk@mail.ru

Considered is the role of university teacher’s professional autonomy in ensuring his readiness for innovative activity within the context of transformation of contemporary higher education. Revealed are universal competences of subjects of educational environment of high school and their innovative potential. Detailed is professional autonomy of lecturer as key factor in ensuring university teacher’s readiness for innovative activity. Shown are categories of universal competences of teacher, as well as stages of his innovative activity. Conclusion is made, that in solving of the problem of preparing of teachers for innovative activity special attention must be paid to development of their professional autonomy, which methodological fundament are competence, context, integrative reflective, inter-cultural and autonomous oriented approaches.

Key words: higher education, innovative activity, innovative development, innovative potential, university teacher, universal competences, professional autonomy.

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