Theory and practice of digitalization of vocational education and training

The article analyzes the digitalization process of vocational education. The basic models of digital competencies are presented, allowing to describe professional and pedagogical activity in the conditions of digital transformation of education. The main methodological approaches have been identified, within the framework of which the processes of conceptualization are most active and their own concepts of digital education are being formed. The main result of the analysis is presented - the formation of the didactic framework of the concepts of advanced digital education of teachers.

The article discusses the experience of the organization and functioning of the electronic educational information environment at the Russian State Vocational Pedagogical University (Yekaterinburg). The results of a study on the readiness of university teachers to work in the electronic information and educational environment are presented.

The authors, following the content of the texts of M. K. Petrov, offer a methodological basis for understanding modern processes in culture, education, and professional selfdetermination caused by the explosive development of technologies, especially digital ones. The digital generation gap is obvious, but, according to the authors of the article, it does not make the education system fatally redundant if it updates the sociocultural and existential potential of teachers, which also requires scientific and pedagogical reflection on the challenges of the era.