Use of Interactive Methods in Distance Education: Current Challenges and Realities

The article substantiates the relevance of the problem of implementation of interactive teaching methods in the process of future teacher’s distance (mixed) training in higher education institutions. The theoretical aspects of the outlined problem are covered through the analysis of the content of the main concepts: interactive technologies, dialogue, educational dialogue, distance education, etc. Considerable attention is paid to the presentation of the philosophical and didactic principles of future teacher training to use interactive technologies (in particular, the principles of humanism, anthropological perspective, nature conformity, educational feedback interaction, pedagogical optimism, scientific organisation of the educational dialogue, the communicative orientation of teaching, speech ethics, modelling problem situations in education. Some types of interactive learning are presented and recommended for working with students in teaching socio-humanitarian, natural science, and math disciplines. The necessity to develop future teachers’ communicative activity, critical thinking, and team interaction to conduct constructive dialogues, considering the realities of online and offline learning, is emphasised.