Assessment of the Communicative Competence of the Students of Pedagogical University

2021 ◽  
pp. 90-98
Author(s):  
Inna Mihailovna Shepshinskaya ◽  

The organization of professional training of students of a pedagogical university is realized on a competence-based approach, which requires a implementation of new methods, tools and procedures aimed at assessment educational results. The complexity of the formation and assessment of competencies is explained by their multicomponent structure and the ability to manifest themselves during students’ performance. Modern methods and tools of assessing competencies should be based on modeling situations that enable students to perform quasi-professional activity and the description of key elements of each competence domain. The purpose of the article is to develop a methodology for assessing the communicative competence of students of a pedagogical university studying at the Faculty of foreign languages. Methodology and methods of research. The methodological basis of the study was made up of: the competence-based approach and its views on new results of the educational process at the university, methods of assessing competencies (N. F. Efremova, Ibragimov G.I., Baartman L.K., Kanik M.); a contextual approach that explains the need to create educational situations that model the conditions of professional activities for the formation and assessment of modern educational results (A. A. Verbitskiy). Research methods: analysis of scientific literature, pedagogical modeling. Research results. A methodology for assessing the communicative competence of students of a pedagogical university studying at the Faculty of Foreign Languages has been developed and presented. The quality criteria for modern assessment methods and instruments are formulated (authenticity, transparency, the significance of the content of assessment materials for students, effectiveness). The author of the article develops and presents a model of an assessment method based on the analysis of video fragments of communicative situations. The procedure for modeling communicative situations that can be used to compile assessment materials is described in detail. The foreign experience of designing pragmatic tests of oral communication (Discourse Completion Task) is analyzed, ways of improving these tasks are proposed.

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (34) ◽  
Author(s):  
T.A SHCHUCHKA ◽  

In psychological and pedagogical science, professionalization is considered as a process associated with the development of the subjectivity of the individual, motivation to perform professional activities, determination of the potential of the individual in the profession, awareness of his role in the life space, setting requirements for a specialist in the chosen professional activity. The problem is stated, an attempt to solve which is made in this article: what are the directions of the formation of subjectivity of the student in the educational process of the university as a stage of professionalization? The analysis of psychological and pedagogical studies revealed their insufficiency in the perspective of consideration and analysis of the stages of formation of subjectivity of the student in the educational process of the university, which determined the purpose of the study, which consists in solving the stated problem. In the process of research, theoretical methods are used: analysis, comparison, comparison, discourse, systematization of the results of scientific research. The directions of formation of subjectivity of the student in the educational space of the university are revealed. Adaptation is followed by identification with the socio-cultural environment of educational institution, where the realization of values of the environment, the social meaning of vocational education, assimilation of traditions, norms of coexistence, communication experience (socio-professional aspects). Development of the system of Self, self-development of the student as mechanisms of formation of subjectivity in the profession, ensuring the formation of content, effectiveness, positive dynamics in training (personal-value aspect). Ensuring effective communication between the teacher and the student in pedagogical interaction with the use of modern educational technologies and the use of professionally directed situational tasks (technological aspect). A special role in optimizing the process of professionalization for the successful formation of the student's subjectivity is assigned to professional training, where, using pedagogical technologies, the necessary professional competencies are formed. The process of professionalization at the stage of university training is aimed at the formation of subjective characteristics of the teacher's personality, defined as independence and regulation of their actions in the performance of professional activities, responsibility, mobility, creativity, deep sociability, lack of conflict when working in a team.


Author(s):  
Elizaveta Omel'čenko

The article deals with the problem of the formation students' self-expression culture who are preparing to be primary school teachers. The author's view is presented on the conditions created in the educational process of the university, in which the future young specialists' self-expression culture acquires the characteristics necessary for successful professional activity. Such conditions include the development of basic educational programs of professional training, which are based on the ideas of developing a the future students' self-expression culture PEO, the introduction of subjects that characterize the self-expression culture of the teacher, peculiarities of its formation; organization of students' activities in the academic and extracurricular time with involvement in situations where they can express themselves according to their personal preferences and the requirements of their professional activities; methodological support of vocational training, containing materials that reveal questions about the teachers' self-expression culture and its formation. It is emphasized that the success of the students' education, the formation of their characteristics of the self-expression culture depends on what features of the self-expression culture are demonstrated by the primary teacher to them.


Author(s):  
Tan Xiao

The article reveals the peculiarities of formation of students’ communicative competence in the professional training process, which involves the formation of their communicatively meaningful personality traits, a pronounced humanistic tendency to communicate with pupils, the possession of a system of integrated professional- speech skills and communicative qualities. The author defines the essence of the concept of «communicative competence of students» as a process and the result of professional training on the ability to subject-subjective interaction with colleagues of preschool age, which contains a complex of communication knowledge, skills and abilities. The benefit of the study is that a great attention is focused on creating the favorable conditions for the implementation of interpersonal communication in future professional activities. The author of the article has made a conclusion that the analysis of scientific literature gives grounds to assert that the formation of students’ communicative competence is understood by us as a process and the result of professional training on the ability to subject-subject interaction with colleagues and children of preschool age, which contains a complex of communication knowledge, skills and abilities. The author has also identified the components of the structure of the communicative competence formation, which include: motivational-cognitive (comprehension of the multifaceted personality, understanding of its desires; requirement and motives; positive attitude towards colleagues; feeling of community with the team); content (knowledge of norms and rules of communication and interaction, knowledge of ways to resolve conflicts); reflexive (effective use of communicative knowledge, skills and abilities that regulate the communication process, ability to collaborate in joint activities and communication with colleagues, use of constructive ways of resolving conflicts). The author of the article believes that the determining the essence and components of the formation of students’ communicative competence will provide an opportunity to substantiate and develop the technology of forming the communicative competence of students in the process of professional training and its implementation in the educational process of H. S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University.


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-23
Author(s):  
I. Demchenko ◽  
◽  
I. Kalinovskaya ◽  

The article outlines the relevance of the introduction of inclusive education in the system of education of Ukraine whose success depends on the organizational and pedagogical and corrective and developmental school conditions, flexibly oriented on the individual characteristics of each child and qualitative training of future teachers to professional activities in the conditions of inclusive education. Separate aspects of professional training of future teachers in institutions of higher pedagogical education in conditions of inclusive education are presented. In particular, attention is focused on the peculiarities of organizing the process of training future educators in professional activities in the inclusive environment of institutions of general secondary education, which are that the professionalization of students takes place in the form of penetration of external (the influence of the educational environment and the participants of the educational process) into the internal (assignment of values Inclusive education and acquisition of relevant competence), from the remote space (social meaning of inclusion) in the approximate (personal meaning and Inclusion experience). In accordance with the principle of continuity, the stages of organizing the process of preparation of future teachers to professional activity in conditions of inclusive education (motivational-value, theoretical and practical and simulation-reflexive) are determined and substantiated. Evaluating the efforts of scientists in the highlighted issues, we note that the organization of the process of professional pedagogical training of teachers to work in an inclusive educational environment requires the substantiation of the relevant pedagogical conditions, which is a prospect of further scientific search.


Author(s):  
Madina T. Bekoeva

The article presents a lapidary analysis of possibilities of using the case method and the project method in the formation of professional thinking of students studying philology and journalism. We also consider the possibilities of using case technology and project method in the process of studying professionally oriented disciplines. The practical significance of the work comes down to disclosing the effectiveness of the case method and the method of projects in the process of forming professional skills. The relevance of this article is determined by modern realities of educational process at the university. The case method and the method of projects make it possible to increase the motivational component of learning and contribute to the development of teachers’ progressive thinking and students’ creative potential, both of which are necessary for professional activities. In this article we also made an attempt at revealing the essence of these methods in the educational process at bachelor’s level. They turned out to be the main methods for the formation of students’ universal and professional competencies. The project method and case method act as an integral factor in the gamification of educational process contributing to the formation of skills of expedient action, activation of thinking, instilling the skills of independent search for solutions in standard and non-standard situations that may come up in the course of professional activity. Students actively and productively master the necessary competencies while revealing their latent potential. The case method and the project method demonstrate great efficiency in improving the quality of personnel training; the specific types of their practical implementation are developed jointly during classes by university teachers and employers’ representatives. The purpose of the article is to determine the methodological potential of the case method and the method of projects in the formation of professional thinking of future philologists and journalists and to consider the possibilities of using case technology and the project method in the process of studying professionally oriented disciplines. The project method is a relevant and effective technology that significantly increases the level of mastery of educational material, the internal motivation of students and their independence. The case method initiates the development of professional thinking, independence, unconventional thinking and creativity. When faced with a formulated problem, students concentrate on finding a solution to the problem and the teacher’s skillful interpretation of the problem directs students to search for non-standard ways. Everything mentioned above leads to the development of integrative thinking and significantly expands students’ capabilities. The practice of working with the case method and the project method in the classroom confirms their effectiveness in the professional development of university students, expanding their professional horizons and the formation of professional thinking.


Author(s):  
Tetiana Boyko ◽  
◽  

The article highlights the specifics of professional activity of future foreign language teachers, which proves that increasing their competitiveness and reforming the system of general secondary and higher education in Ukraine increase the requirements for professional training of future foreign language teachers. It is stated that in the process of introduction of the latest information technologies in all spheres of activity of educational institutions the problem of formation of their information communicative competence in the process of studying in higher education institutions acquires special significance in the training of future foreign language teachers. The article describes the phenomenon of «multimedia technology» as a computer technology that allows you to flexibly manage the flow of various information. It is emphasized that there is no single approach to this phenomenon. The purpose of this article is to characterize the problem of multimedia technologies as a means of improving the effectiveness of professional training of future foreign language teachers. The author’s research proves that at the present stage the work on the introduction of multimedia in the educational process of higher education is carried out in two directions: the first is that multimedia is included in the educational process as an «aid» using traditional methods of education; the second direction involves changing the content of education, reviewing the methods and forms of organization of the educational process, building holistic courses based on the use of content in certain disciplines of higher education institutions that train future foreign language teachers. The article states that the use of multimedia by applicants for higher education, future teachers of foreign languages and ensuring the systematic use of multimedia technologies should be consistent with the didactic goals of professional training of applicants for higher education in foreign languages.


2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (SPE2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalia Germanovna Shchebunyaeva ◽  
Natalia Valentinovna Guseva ◽  
Galina Ivanovna Polyanskaya ◽  
Elena Yurievna Fedorova ◽  
Olga Pavlovna Burlakova

The article is concerned with the substantiation of innovative approaches to teaching foreign languages at the university. It is established that during the professional training of specialists at the university, the special emphasis should be given to the application of innovative forms and methods of training aimed at qualitative mastering of knowledge, abilities, and skills, developing students’ mental activities, identifying skills of critical addressing the problems, gaining experience of independent learning of training materials, conducting exploration work, and gaining qualities that will be useful in professional activities and later in life. It is proved that the effectiveness of teaching foreign languages at the university will depend on the desire and ability of teachers to take advantage of successful practices in the humanistic approach to teaching, understanding the need to abandon authoritarian and scholastic teaching methods.


Author(s):  
Olga POLEVIKOVA ◽  
◽  
Tetiana SHVETS ◽  

The article analyzes the problem of participatory approach to professional training of future teachers in the modern space of education, highlights its theoretical aspects, and outlines the scope of its practical application in the field of preschool education. In particular, the peculiarities of the organiza- tion of the educational process based on participa- tory approach are traced. The authors revealed the peculiarities of the organization of the educational process based on a participatory approach as one of the components of the theoretical and methodological basis for the development of professional competencies of future teachers. This will allow modeling the social content of future professional activity through awareness, acceptance of the principles of participation, which is an alternative to authoritarianism. The authors of the article consider the participatory approach as an educational strategy, the implementation of which allows involving future teachers in making hypothetical management decisions, promotes the formation of initiative, responsibility and independence in solving trivial and non- standard problems in educational and professional activities. The results of the application of a participatory approach in the process of development of profes- sional competencies of future teachers can be a) increase the motivation to learn, job satisfaction; b) disclosure of own potential, primary professional identification; c) satisfaction of the need to achieve, self-realization, self-affirmation; d) the formation of qualification and professional and personal guidelines of consciousness and behavior.


2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (86) ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalia Maliy ◽  
◽  
Larysa Dyachenko ◽  

The article considers the formation of professional motivation in future speech pathologists. The importance of solving this issue is emphasized, because the work of a defectologist requires the presence of special characteristics in his personality, the formation of which is carried out during their training. Issues of personal development of the student and the formation of his readiness for future professional activity become the main in the outlined situation. The psychological and personal readiness of the specialist for professional self-realization in modern conditions is important. It is emphasized that the transformation of the requirements for professionals of different natural influences the solution of the question of the complex relationship of personal and professional development of the subject. The question of quality criteria for the training of future speech pathologists can not be considered separately from the requirements of a particular environment in which the specialist works. It is at the stage of professional training in the university begin to develop in a specialist-defectologist those values and motives that determine the success of his work in the profession, and for this it is necessary to study the formation of professional values and motives in the formation of future defectologists.


Author(s):  
O. MIKHEIENKO ◽  
T. MIKHEIENKO

The article deals with the role of methodology in the process of professional training of specialists. An overview of pedagogical and methodological literature on this problem has been carried out, which shows that the methodology plays a decisive role as it is the basis for the integrity, systematic, and the effectiveness of educational and professional activities. The effectiveness of the professional training of a specialist depends to a large extent on the formation of its methodological culture, which defines both general outlooks and specific principles, conditions, methods, forms, means, and peculiarities of solving theoretical and practical problems during the study process and in the process of further professional activities. The essence and content characteristics of holistic, synergistic, competency and activity approaches are revealed. The expediency of their application as a methodological basis for ensuring the effectiveness of the educational process and the success of practical and applied activities of human health specialists has been substantiated. The holistic approach regards man as an integrated system, and therefore, the effectiveness of health-improving influence can provide a complex of remedies for the physical, mental, spiritual and social spheres of human life. Synergetics provides an opportunity to find optimal and effective means, methods, forms, ways of making efforts for improvement, development, self-improvement. Competency approach involves rethinking the purpose, content, quality criteria and learning outcomes, their focus on the development of creative initiative, autonomy, competitiveness and mobility. Activity approach considers activity as the main source of personality formation and the factor of its development, through which the person becomes the subject of knowledge and transformation of reality.


Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document