Structural and functional model of developing pedagogical skills of teachers of economics in Master’s degree programmes

The article represents a structural and functional development model of pedagogical skills of teachers of economic disciplines in Master’s degree programmes with carrying out and proving its theoretical substantiation and the expediency of its use. The interconnected, namely theoretical, semantic and effective blocks of the suggested model are analyzed. The components, criteria and levels of pedagogical skills are described as well. The article identifies such approaches to the development of pedagogical skills of teachers of economic disciplines in Master’s degree programmes, as psycho-didactic, competence, activity and innovative; the principles that must be followed in the development process of pedagogical skills of teachers of economic disciplines in Master’s degree programmes, namely, professional orientation, subjectivity, priority of active teaching methods, interactive technologies and self-improvement are also characterized. The effectiveness of the structural and functional model introduction of pedagogical skills development of teachers of economic disciplines in the Master’s degree programmes was tested experimentally.