scholarly journals PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENTS IN THE INITIAL STAGES OF STUDY IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nina Аtamanchuk ◽  

The readiness of student youth for professional activity is a complex personal formation. At the initial stages of education in higher education institutions is characterized by a contradiction between the student's need for professional self-determination and the lack of necessary professional competencies to meet it. To highlight the psychological factors of professional development students in the initial stages of higher education. Most of the respondents have a formed interest in professional activity, which implies a positive attitude to the chosen profession. Unfortunately, among the respondents there are students who do not have a positive attitude to the future profession. The professional development of first-year students is hindered by frustration as a result of failures related to learning. A large number of subjects have health problems that hinder successful professional development. The vast majority of students emphasize the importance of purposefulness in professional development. Most students consider interest in the profession as a factor influencing their professional development. The attitude of students to learning is one of the important indicators of their professional development. A factor that will help to implement the professional plans of students is their own strengths and abilities. Psychological factors of professional development of students at the initial stages of education in higher education institutions are highlighted. Psychological factors of professional development of students at the initial stages of education in higher education institutions are: the formation of interest in professional activities; frustration as a result of failures; health status; own inertia; purposefulness; full dedication in any case; realistic tasks to achieve the goal; healthy lifestyle; interest in the profession; example of colleagues; ability to self-education and own development; awareness of one's own strengths and abilities; sufficient funding; great own efficiency.

Author(s):  
Oleksandr Кovalenko

The article considers the didactic conditions of musical training of choreographers in higher education institutions of our state. In this work the structural didactic features of musical competence of choreographers are defined, such as: feature of professional activity planning; ways and methods of performing professional activities; communication techniques; organizational skills of choreographers; features of dance and motor motility. The article also states that the author considers an individual approach to take into account the ways of adapting the properties of studentsʼ nervous system to the requirements of professional activity as an effective method of musical training of choreographers in domestic higher education institutions. The article also deals with an individual approach, which takes into account the individual differences of students, the development of techniques, tools and methods of forming professional and musical skills of choreographers, due to the typological properties of the nervous system. At the heart of the individual approach considered in the study there is the idea of understanding a developing student as a person with a unique set of individual qualities. This involves the recognition of different, but equivalent in effectiveness methods of educational and creative activities that meet the objective requirements of the professional activity of the teacher and the individual characteristics of the future specialist.Also, in this paper, it is noted that in pedagogical science didactics is connected with the methods of teaching courses. The method of teaching folk dance is somewhat different from other choreographic disciplines due to the specifics of national dance. All textbooks, programs and methodical materials on folk choreography are authorʼs versions and naturally cannot be accepted by all experts identically. Keywords: musical training, music theory, choreographer, professional training, didactics, didactic bases of training, professional skill, systematic approach to musical training.


Author(s):  
Oksana Tashkinova ◽  
Olga Rogovska ◽  
Svetlana Bulgakovа

Theoretical and practical bases for forming professional competencies of higher education training applicants through participation in volunteering. It is indicated that the process of professional training in the higher education establishments should be aimed at the formation of a competitive specialist, taking into account the needs of employers and the realities of today.  Volunteering is presented as an important resource for development and education of the specialists of different specialties because from the one hand volunteering allows to get general competencies and from the other hand it allows to gain the necessary experience in the future professional activities even during training process. The wide use of volunteering as a trend of educational work in higher education institutions will contribute to the formation of a coherent and harmonious personality and professional. The experience of usage of volunteering as a field of educational work in higher education institution on the example of the State Technical University “Azov State Technical University” is analyzed. The use of a new tool in the educational process - the diary of volunteer practice - is analyzed. The results of the conducted sociological research - through the method of interviewing of the applicants of higher education - according to the effectiveness of the organization of volunteer practice are presented. Volunteering can increase students' motivation to learn vocationally-oriented disciplines, but under the conditions of properly organized and controlled process of volunteeing. Therefore, higher education institutions need to develop and implement new forms of work that will be perceived and performed by the students. This will enhance the competitiveness of professionals in the labor market.


Author(s):  
Olha Demianenko ◽  
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Rymma Maiboroda ◽  

As the title implies, a scientific paper reveals the issue of an efficiency of professional activity of foreign language teachers in higher education institutions in the context of SIOP model. The problem of this study is that in spite of the stressed importance of teaching skills, student teachers lack many of the English as a foreign language (EFL) teaching skills which may have a negative impact on their teaching performance that in turn affects their teaching self-efficacy. The methods of applying SIOP model and the effect of using SIOP model on developing EFL student teachers’ teaching skills are studied. It is emphasized that among the multiple factors that affect students’ achievement is teacher effectiveness. Thus, the challenge remains to improve and promote the effectiveness of teachers in an effort to increase students’ academic achievement. The positive and negative aspects of the education shift towards SIOP model are identified, the principles of enhancing innovative educational process effectiveness are revealed. It is worth noting that any professional development of foreign language teachers in higher education institutions must address specific knowledge and attitudes that are relevant to teaching foreign language learners. Teachers need to understand basic constructs of the second language development, the nature of language proficiency, the role of the first language and culture in learning, and the demands that mainstream education places on culturally diverse students. There is growing evidence that professional development approaches that are guided by teacher input and that view teacher learning as continual and transformative makes higher education institutions a better place for students and staff. The results indicated that introduction of SIOP model has opened up a number of problems associated with the introduction of such training services. It is stressed that the factors of SIOP model can guide limited English proficient students and suggest some useful strategies for language teachers to handle the students’ difficulties in language comprehension. It should be stressed that the introduction of SIOP model in modern educational process opens up wide horizons and unlimited possibilities for the efficiency of professional activity of foreign language teachers in higher education institutions, which have yet to be studied and mastered by modern pedagogical science.


Author(s):  
Тетяна Григоренко ◽  

he article is devoted to the design of a model of educational and communicative environment of professional training of teachers-philologists of higher education institutions and substantiation of the essence of functions used in the study of the application of innovative technologies in professional activities. The aim of the article is to characterize the semantic principles of designing the model of educational and communicative environment of professional training of teachers-philologists of higher education institutions. Achieving the goal involved the use of a number of methods: general – analysis, synthesis, abstraction and generalization, which made it possible to design a model of educational and communicative environment for the training of teachers of philology of higher education institutions; structural-logical analysis – allowed to outline the functions of the model of educational and communicative environment of professional training of teachers-philologists of higher education institutions. In addition, the article outlines and analyzes the main scientific sources on this issue. The article characterizes the content principles of designing a model of educational and communicative environment of professional training of teachersphilologists of higher education institutions, formation of professional competence, readiness of future teachers-philologists for professional activity, professional self-improvement and development, formation of integration knowledge and prognostic skills. The practical significance of the research lies in the development and design of a model of educational and communicative environment of professional training of teachers-philologists of higher education institutions. As a result of the research, we came to the following conclusions that designing a model of educational and communicative environment of professional training of teachers-philologists of higher education institutions involves creation of the optimal conditions for teaching language and literature; stimulation of speech and mental activity of students; development of their critical thinking, language personality, multiple intelligence and cross-cultural communication; ability to conceptually model information; expansion of knowledge space taking into account individual styles and learning strategies. We see prospects for further development of this thematic area in the implementation of internal and external system communication, coordination of communicative and pedagogical actions, recording and adjusting learning outcomes.


Author(s):  
N. ATAMANCHUK ◽  
U. KURILO

The theoretical analysis of the motivation problem was conducted, the motivation of the study was described, the specificity of the motivation of the study in the student's age was revealed. An empirical study of the motivation of teaching students of a higher education institution was carried out, their qualitative and quantitative analysis was carried out.It is established, for the students of the first course the most chosen motives of training are as follows: to become a highly skilled specialist; get a diploma; gain deep and solid knowledge; get approval from parents and the environment; to ensure the success of future professional activities. The most chosen motives for studying for the fourth year students: to become a highly skilled specialist; gain deep and solid knowledge; to ensure the success of future professional activities; get a diploma; get intellectual pleasure. Discovered that the students of the first year of the pedagogical institution of higher education are the external motives of education, and in the fourth year students are internal. It is emphasized that the results of the study give grounds to assert the importance of the pedagogical influence on the development of students in the institution of higher education motivation to study, and hence to future professional activities.


Author(s):  
Maryna Lekholetova

The article highlights the importance of health-preserving activities in the professional activities of social educators and the role of Internet technologies in preparing healthcare. The emphasis placed on the expediency of using Internet technologies for the effective preparation of future social educators for health preservation. Expansion of the presentation on mechanisms of preservation and strengthening of health; formation of a belief system in future social educators about responsibility for their health and lifestyle, aimed at improving the organism, disclosing its reserve capacity; active work and organization of various forms and methods of teaching students a healthy lifestyle. The article substantiates the principles of preparing students for healthcare in a higher education institution. Moreover, the author determines the attitude of students to healthcare through Internet technologies through questionnaires. The result of the survey was that most of the interviewed future social educators have expressed a desire to apply Internet technologies in the preparation for healthcare and for self-improvement in the future professional activities of social educators. Analysis of survey data for future social educators testified about the need introduction to the training of future social workers to health-saving appropriate forms and methods of using Internet technologies in higher education.


Author(s):  
Yurii Skyba ◽  
Lebedynets Hanna

Considering the external and internal challenges, including accession of Ukraine to the European Higher Education Area and the European Research Area, the adoption of the Laws of Ukraine «On Education» (2017), «On Scientific and Technical Activities» (2016), «On Higher Education» (2014) the systematic reforming higher education began. One of the directions of reforming higher education is to increase the requirements for the professional level of scientific and pedagogical workers, since only a highly qualified specialist is able to provide a high level of training for the applicants for higher education and, accordingly, to prepare a competitive specialist. The article is aimed to identify the tools for students to evaluate the professional activities carried out by the scientific and pedagogical workers in foreign and domestic higher education institutions. To achieve the aim and solve the set tasks, we used a complex of methods of scientific research: theoretical analysis of academic literature - to clarify the achievements of the scientists on a particular topic of research; structural and system analysis - to identify the tools of evaluation used by the students to assess professional activity of scientific and pedagogical workers of foreign and domestic higher education institutions; comparative method - to carry out a comparative analysis of the content of domestic and foreign instruments for evaluating the professional activities carried out by scientific and pedagogical workers. Summarizing the results of the study indicates that there is a positive experience in the market economies, including the United Kingdom, Australia, and the United States of America (USA) regarding the involvement of students in evaluating the professional performance of teaching staff. The reasonability of engaging students in evaluating the professional work of students' teaching staff is primarily due to the fact that they most often contact with the teaching staff and they are the direct consumers of their services. Based on an analysis of the best university practices in the UK, Australia, and the United States for assessing students' professional work and their personal qualities, it has been established that the main tools are: an online assessment system; student ratings; feedback from students to improve teaching and learning, including student letters prepared from the whole group or course; feedback from alumni (including masters and PhD students, as well as graduate assistants) and more. The analysis of domestic practices showed that instruments such as anonymous questionnaires and student rankings are mostly used to evaluate the professional activities of academic staff of higher education institutions and their personal qualities. The introduction of foreign experience of the use of various tools for assessing the professional activities of the scientific and pedagogical workers in domestic higher education institutions will contribute to the self-reflection of their own professional activities, the development of a trajectory of professional development focused on the areas that require professional development and improvement of quality.


Author(s):  
Oksana Bulvinska ◽  

The article is devoted to modern trends of continuing professional development of academic staff in higher education institutions. The continuing professional development of an academic staff as a process of acquiring of new and improving the existing professional competencies is determined. Based on the analysis of strategic documents of the European Higher Education Area, modern trends of educating and teaching in higher education are described, according to them, directions of continuous professional development of an academic staff are determined. These areas include: development of a facilitator qualities, a coach, a moderator, a tutor, change of the authoritarian role of a teacher to a softer pedagogical support in a student-centered model of educating and teaching; improvement of foreign and intercultural competence to implement internationalization of higher education; development of own research competence and research methods usage as well as modes in conditions of organizing an educational process at university on the basis of scientific researches for the development of students’ critical thinking and reflexive analysis; developing the ability to adapt educational goals to a high-tech and mobile educational environment and creating a psychologically safe educational environment; development of some new electronic educational tools, as well as the experience of using the tools, methods and technologies of e-learning in the educational process of higher education institution.


Author(s):  
B. S. Semeniv ◽  
I. V. Matiishin ◽  
I. D. Yakimishin ◽  
O. L. Kovban ◽  
T. R. Mazur

The analysis of theoretical and practical lessons in the discipline of physical education and profiling physical training of students in higher education institutions of Ukraine shows that physical exercises and training regimes are considered from the point of view of increasing the level of physical fitness and physical development of students in the educational process of physical education. In the educational process of higher education institutions of Ukraine in the discipline of physical education are considered such tasks as: formation of personal and physical qualities, preparation for future professional activity, promotion of the proper formation of a healthy lifestyle and promotion of health, ensuring a high level of special professional capacity for work the whole period of study. Physical education in the process of education in higher education institutions of Ukraine are of great importance in the future professional activity of the civic environment. The essence and task of profile physical training is to reduce adaptation to future professional activity, increase the level of special professional capacity, stress resistance to unfavorable conditions of professional activity, promote prevention of occupational diseases, eliminate psychological fatigue in working day mode, promote emotional state.


Author(s):  
Andrey V. Leyfa ◽  
Ekaterina V. Pavlova

One of the key problems of modern higher education is the development of programs and teaching methods relevant to the conditions of the digital educational environment, characterized by openness, variability, multiculturalism, polymodality and dynamism. At the same time, the question of the psychological readiness of teachers for activities in the new conditions comes to the fore. The article gives a brief overview of the works on the issue of readiness. The predictors of the university teachers’ readiness for activities in the electronic informational and educational environment are described. The role of the variative and invariant aspects of teachers’ readiness for changes in the system of higher education is shown. A model of the university teachers’ readiness for professional activities in the context of digitalization of education is proposed, which includes selfregulatory, motivational, value-semantic, and operational components; possible methods for diagnosing these components are described.


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