scholarly journals Formation of soft skills in the educational process of higher education as a factor in the development of competitiveness of young professionals

2021 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 115-126
Author(s):  
Olga V. Zaslavskaya ◽  
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Aleksandra S. Malafiy ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Soft Skills ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Work Organization ◽  
Hospitality Management ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Experimental Group

Introduction. Modern professional activity of a specialist in tourism and hospitality requires the possession of not only highly specialized, so-called hard skills, but also skills, which in contrast to the former are considered “soft”. The growing tourism services sector, international competition, new forms of work organization require from a specialist to possess, first of all, the skills of self-organization, communication, teamwork, etc. Materials and methods. The study involved 86 people (46 people were in the control group; 40 people were in the experimental group) who were students of “Hospitality Management” at Tula State University. Methods of questionnaires, participant observation and “mystery shopping” were used to determine the level of formation of soft skills in the participants of the control group. The survey among employers (n=10) was conducted. To analyze the effectiveness of the forming experiment the χ2-Pearson’s criterion was used. Results. The formative stage of experimental work was associated with the introduction of organizational and pedagogical conditions in the practice of training bachelors in the direction of “Hotel Management”. It was found that the identified organizational and pedagogical conditions affect the formation of professionally significant qualities of a specialist, underlying its productive competitiveness in the field of professional activity. It was revealed that the students of the experimental group more actively form the skills of mental self-regulation and overcoming stressful situations (χ2 = 6.64; p<0.05). Discussion. The practical significance of the results is determined by the possibility of their use in training not only specialists in the field of tourism, but also other representatives of professions that are part of the “human-human” system.

scholarly journals Motivation of senior school persons for participation in professionally oriented competitions

2020 ◽  
pp. 15-21
Author(s):  
P.V. Tkachenko ◽  
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D.A. Severinov ◽  
K.V. Luganskaya
Keyword(s):  
General Education ◽  
Vocational Guidance ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Intellectual Activity ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Tv Shows ◽  
Experimental Group

Analyzed is the problem of motivation of senior school persons for participation in professionally oriented competitions. Relevance: modern seniors easily learn technical subjects, cope with management of most of latest gadgets, and require new (not standard, interesting for teenager) format in conduct of vocational guidance events, such as quests, intelligent games in the style of TV shows, et all. Such a format allows participant to “go beyond”, look at the future profession and educational process slightly from a different angle. Methodology and research methods: a non-standard competition acts as example of intellectual natural-scientific tournament Credo Medicus, and that is a system of face-to-face intellectual competitions for two months with a break of 7 days between its stages. Participants are seniors of general education institutions. At the end of tournament field study of motivation of 30 seniors-participants (16–17 years old) participate in competitions of professional orientation (experimental group), that was carried out by means of following tests: determination of professional tendencies; motive for choosing a profession. Results of the survey were compared to the responses of 30 seniors, who did not participate in the tournament. Results: the experimental group is dominated by internal socially significant motifs (4.4), which is 0.8 more than in the control group (p = 0.0008). And in the control group, there is prevalence of internal (3.68 and 3.64) motifs over external (2.56 and 2.76) motifs. Scientific novelty of the research: it was found, that participants of intellectual tournament are more prone to knowledge and intellectual activity. When choosing a profession, they are dominated by socially significant motives, the role of external positive motives is small, and the desire to be useful for society is significantly expressed, that is most typical for medical activities. Practical significance of the research: materials of the study can serve as demonstration of experience of introducing into vocational guidance work of university a new format of events, such as the open intellectual natural-scientific tournament Credo Medicus, that allows to assess motivational aspects of choice of the profession of doctor of future applicants, and already at the stage of school education to engage in targeted training of interested and gifted teenagers.

scholarly journals Ways of modernization of informational training for university students

2021 ◽  
Vol 273 ◽  
pp. 12123
Author(s):  
N. A. Fomina ◽  
D. S. Ivanova ◽  
M.V. Somova ◽  
O. V. Knyazkova
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Collaborative Work ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Monitoring And Control ◽  
Electronic Resources ◽  
Experimental Group

The article substantiates the need for informatization of education in general, and higher professional education in particular, requiring the modernization of forms, methods and content of information training of students in the light of the implementation of the program “Digital Economy of the Russian Federation”. The article presents the ways of improving the informational training of university students. The research methods are as follows: analysis of literature, documents, and electronic resources; observation, questioning of participants in the educational process, methods of mathematical statistics. The analysis shows that the project-based method of training, monitoring and control of the content of electronic resources, the integrated use of distant learning systems, online software for collaborative work, the implementation of artificial intelligence technology in education will allow to form the media literacy of future specialists that meets the modern requirements of the economy and society. The study was conducted on the basis of S.A. Yesenin Ryazan State University in various areas and profiles of education. One of the types of project activities based on modern digital technologies is a hackathon. The goal of such a project is to develop and create a media product in a given professional field. This can be a website, an application, or an interactive software. A team of students is working on a socially significant task. Preparing students for the project-based work by using modern digital technologies has shown its effectiveness for being included in the “Startup as a Degree” Program. The final qualification work prepared in this format may represent a project that is in demand in the field of professional activity. The experimental work of the study was carried out by dividing students into a control group and an experimental group. The range, difference, and significance of changes in the level of informational training in the control and experimental groups were evaluated by the Fischer – Yates criterion. The analysis of individual and collective projects developed by the students, the qualitative analysis of the students’ answers from the both groups to the questions of questionnaires and tests showed that the students of the experimental group revealed a higher level of readiness for professional activity, self-study, self-education, which indicates the effectiveness of the proposed approach.

The study of the indicators of psycho-emotional state of students at a border security university, as an important factor of their readiness for future professional activity

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 74-79
Author(s):  
Sergey Eliseyev ◽  
Igor Konovalov ◽  
Viktor Andreev
Keyword(s):  
Mental Status ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Physical Training ◽  
Emotional State ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Border Security ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Professional Stress ◽  
Experimental Group

The purpose. The study of the change in indicators of psycho-emotional state of students at border security universities, depending on the variability of physical education techniques. Methods: analysis and synthesis of scientific and methodical literature, pedagogical experiment, testing, and mathematical statistics. Results and discussion. Our study has revealed that the psycho-emotional state of students at a border security university is an essential aspect for professional education. Our professiogram has demonstrated that mental status, anxiety and professional stress are the core indicators of psycho-emotional state of students at a border security university. At the end of the experiment, we obtained the following results of an increase in mental status indicators in the surveyed groups. Accuracy of the response to a moving object - 5.97% (control group, CG), 15.90% (experimental group, EG); nervous system strength factor - 9.22% (CG), 22.25% (EG); general index of locomotory memory – 7.09% (CG), 30.61% (EG); coefficient of tempo feeling – 5.73% (CG), 31.33% (EG); personal anxiety - 6.44% (CG), 18.70% (EG); situational anxiety - 5.73% (CG), 17.07% (EG); professional stress – 6.21% (CG), 30.10% (EG). Conclusion. At the first stage of the experiment, the students in control and experimental groups did not demonstrate any statistical differences between the studied parameters (P> 0.05). After the introduction of the author's content of professionally applicable physical training in the educational process of students at a border security university, the increase in the outcomes of all the studied parameters in the experimental group was more pronounced than in the control group, and that increase was reasonably significant (P<0.05). Thus, we have confirmed the effectiveness of the introduction of the author's content of professionally applicable physical training in the educational process of students at a border security university.

Implementation of the Cross-Cultural Approach in the Modern School

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 210-244
Author(s):  
Natalia P Dichek ◽  
Igor M Kopotun ◽  
Svitlana M Shevchenko ◽  
Natalia B Antonets ◽  
Daria V Pohribna
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Data ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Percentage Increase ◽  
Primary Input ◽  
Cultural Approach ◽  
The Cross ◽  
Experimental Group

High-quality interaction on a personal or educational, professional level is possible in today’s world only through enhanced cultural exchange. It is based on the principles of intercultural tolerance and mutual enrichment. The cross-cultural identity of a student’s personality provides for psychological openness to interact with other cultures without losing one’s own national or ethnic identity. Evidence of the effective application of the cross-cultural approach in the education of schoolchildren is the high-level cross-cultural competence (CCС). Aims. The aim of the study is a comprehensive analysis of the implementation of a cross-cultural approach to the organization of the educational process in senior school. Methods: general scientific method, molding experiment, qualitative and quantitative analysis of the data obtained through diagnostic methodic of the experiment, statistical and mathematical interpretation of empirical data and their representation in the visual (table, diagrams) form, functional analysis of the data (while generalizing empirical data and making conclusions). Results. Effective, complex (multicomponent) models of primary (input) and secondary (output) diagnostics of CCC were developed. A model of an integrated school environment aimed at intensifying the CCC was also defined. Secondary diagnostics revealed a tendency to improve CCC in both groups. However, the percentage increase in the level of CCC was 4 times greater in the experimental group, than the level of the control group (+ 4.3% vs. + 17.8%, respectively). The mean values of CCC in the experimental group were confidently at a Good Level (85.7%), that is improved by one order. CCC in the control group was detected at 73.0% (within the Sufficient Level of CCC). The relationship between the level of CCC and the level of foreign language proficiency is proved: CCC is higher in respondents with higher academic achievements in foreign languages. Conclusions. The implementation of a cross-cultural approach to the curricula of school-age children requires close attention of scholars and qualified practical support by the staff of the school. It is advisable to implement a cross-cultural approach in the context of modern schooling through the tactics of facilitation and multicultural modelling. The modern information age opens new horizons for the implementation of the cross-cultural approach in modern schools. Prospects. Further research on the topic involve the effectiveness of integrated learning tactics to increase CCC at other levels of school education, taking into account the variability of the interdisciplinary component (for example, involving also potential of Geography to develop and impove CCC).

The use of visualization technologies in the engineering training of vocational education teachers

2021 ◽  
pp. 49-59
Author(s):  
Б.Н. Гузанов ◽  
К.А. Федулова
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Training ◽  
Cognitive Activity ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Educational Technologies ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Theoretical Significance ◽  
Visual Frame ◽  
Complex Engineering ◽  
Engineering Training

В статье рассматриваются вопросы повышения эффективности изучения сложных технических дисциплин путем совершенствования образовательных технологий через использование инновационных цифровых средств и ресурсов, основанных на визуализации учебных элементов. Цель статьи — рассмотреть сущность визуализации учебной информации, которая направлена не только на демонстрацию инженерных процессов и систем, но и на активизацию познавательной деятельности обучающихся и стимулирование мотивации к изучению специальных дисциплин будущей профессиональной деятельности. Теоретическая значимость статьи заключается в обосновании необходимости использования цифровых технологий визуализации для обеспечения эффективности изучения сложных инженерных дисциплин. С помощью созданного визуального фрейма работа позволяет обучать на практике будущих педагогов профессионального образования разрабатывать, модифицировать и использовать в дальнейшем компьютерные модели для подготовки инженеров. В статье по-новому на трех уровнях рассматривается сущность визуализации учебных элементов, что важно при использовании данной технологии в образовательном процессе. The article deals with the issues of increasing the efficiency of studying complex technical disciplines by improving educational technologies through the use of innovative digital tools and resources based on the visualization of educational elements. The purpose of the article is to consider the essence of visualization of educational information, which is aimed not only at demonstrating engineering processes and systems but also at activating students’ cognitive activity and motivating them to study special disciplines of future professional activity. The theoretical significance of the article lies in the justification of the necessity of using digital visualization technologies to ensure the effectiveness of studying complex engineering disciplines. The practical significance is presented through the created visual frame, which enables high-quality training of vocational training teachers in the development, modification and further use of computer models for engineering training. The article considers the essence of educational elements visualization in a new way at three levels, which is important when using this technology in the educational process.

scholarly journals Mind mapping as a tool of teaching English vocabulary at transport university

2021 ◽  
Vol 295 ◽  
pp. 05021
Author(s):  
Oksana Marunevich ◽  
Elmira Shefieva ◽  
Olga Bessarabova
Keyword(s):  
Educational Process ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Teaching English ◽  
Mind Mapping ◽  
New Words ◽  
The Core ◽  
Mind Maps ◽  
The Given ◽  
Core Problem ◽  
Experimental Group

The core problem of teaching English as a second language at transport university is students’ poor knowledge of vocabulary. Current solutions to the given problem such as providing word explanations and repetitive practices are ineffective. We strongly believe that the mindmapping technique proposed by Tony Buzan as a note-taking method is a novel, yet an extremely potent tool that aids students in enlarging their professional word stock by associating new vocabulary to their existing knowledge using colors, images, symbols, etc. As might have been expected, the findings of our study point towards the idea that the strong visual appeal of mind maps created by easy-to-use software boosted the educational process and helped students of the experimental group memorize more new words in contrast to students of the control group.

scholarly journals Psycho-pedagogical conditions for involving students in productive and creative activity

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ю.В. Варданян ◽  
К.А. Кукса
Keyword(s):  
Program Implementation ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Applied Research ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Creative Activity ◽  
Children's Art ◽  
Estimated Parameters ◽  
Additional Education ◽  
Experimental Group

Актуальность статьи обусловлена необходимостью усиления развивающих возможностей и творческой направленности деятельности в системе дополнительного образования детей. Цель статьи заключается в апробации идей, относящихся к обоснованию и реализации психолого-педагогических условий, способствующих приобщению обучающихся к продуктивно-созидательной деятельности и развитию их художественной продуктивно-созидательной компетенции в образовательном процессе детской школы искусств. Авторами приведена характеристика уровня компонентов исследуемой компетенции, обоснована программа ее развития. Для доказательства эффективности реализации программы и созданных условий сравнивались изменения исследуемой компетенции. В экспериментальной группе доказана значимость сдвига количественных данных уровня компонентов исследуемой компетенции с помощью критерия знаков G по всем оцениваемым параметрам: Gэмп. < Gкр. при p < 0,01. В контрольной группе значимых изменений не обнаружено. В статье обобщены общие и дифференцированные психолого-педагогические условия приобщения обучающихся экспериментальной группы к продуктивно-созидательной деятельности, подходы к созданию которых могут быть использованы в прикладных исследованиях и в образовательном процессе учреждений дополнительного образования детей. The relevance of the article is determined by the need to strengthen the developing capabilities and creative orientation of activity in the system of additional education of children. The purpose of the article is to test the ideas related to the justification and implementation of psycho-pedagogical conditions that contribute to involving students in productive and creative activity and developing their artistic productive and creative competence in the educational process of children’s art school. The authors characterize the level of components of the competence and substantiate the program of its development. To prove the effectiveness of the program implementation and the created conditions, changes in the competence of students were compared. In the experimental group, the significance of the shift in the quantitative data of the level of the competence components was proved using the criterion of signs G for all the estimated parameters: Gemf. < Gcr.at p < 0,01. No significant changes were found in the control group. The article summarizes the general and differentiated psycho-pedagogical conditions for involving students of the experimental group in productive and creative activity, approaches to the creation of which can be used in applied research and in the educational process.

scholarly journals Features of training students of higher educational institutions in the specialization of sports games and single combats ski training

2021 ◽  
pp. 60-68
Author(s):  
T. Sidorova ◽  
S. Kotliar ◽  
V. Gorinа
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Martial Arts ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Higher Educational Institutions ◽  
Classical Style ◽  
Higher Educational ◽  
Experimental Group

Purpose: to reveal the peculiarities of teaching students of higher educational institutions of specializations of sports games and martial arts ski training. Material and methods. To solve the set tasks, we conducted a study in the 2020/2021 academic year with students of the Kharkiv State Academy of Physical Culture in the amount of 45 people, aged 18-20 years, for three weeks. Students were taught skiing techniques both according to the traditional system (control group) and according to the methodology developed by us (experimental groups). The time for learning the technique of skiing in both groups was the same 15 classes of classical style and 15 classes of skating style for 90 minutes each (according to the work program of the discipline), but the teaching methods in the experimental groups differed. The following methods were used during the research: theoretical analysis and generalization of scientific and methodological literature sources, working curricula and practical experience of teachers; analysis of information on the Internet; pedagogical observations; method of expert assessments; pedagogical experiment; methods of mathematical statistics. Results: as a result of the study, it was found that students of the experimental group (E1) received significantly better scores than the control group for performing the technique of movement in the classical style, the average score - 6.30, and the control group - 5.68 points (t=3,6; p<0,01), for performing the technique of skating style score (E1) was 6.18 points, and the control group – 5,25 points (t=5,2; p<0,01). Students of the experimental group (E2) for performing the technique of classical movement style received an average score of 5.93, compared with the control group - 5.68 points, no significant difference was found (p>0,05), the average score of the group (E2) for performing skating style was 5.90 points, and the control group – 5,25 points, which is significantly better (t=3,8; p<0,01). Conclusions. The use of different teaching methods, taking into account sports specializations, as well as the development of leading motor skills, has improved the learning outcomes of students of higher education specializations in sports games and martial arts ski training. As a result of the use of simulation and special training exercises without skis and on skis at the beginning of classes on the technique of classical and skating skiing, students of the group significantly improved the mastery of ski training on all indicators (p<0,01–0,05). Keywords: ski training, educational process, students, sports games, martial arts, motor abilities.

scholarly journals EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION OF THE EFFICIENCY OF PEDAGOGICAL CONDITIONS FOR INTENSIFYING THE EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY OF FUTURE TEACHERS-ENGINEERS OF COMPUTER PROFILE IN PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

2020 ◽  
pp. 30-37
Author(s):  
Olha YESIPOVA ◽  
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Mykhailo MEDVID ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Educational Activity ◽  
Internal Quality ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Future Teachers ◽  
Educational Activities ◽  
Experimental Group

Responding to identified shortcomings is components of the internal quality assurance system of a higher education institution. A study of the educational activities of future teachers-engineers of computer profile found that most students are not going to devote their career to teaching, thus preferring engineering. Undoubt- edly, higher education institutions must respond to the requests of stakeholders, especially those seeking higher education. On the other hand, there are requests from employers (educational institutions) for teachers-engineers of computer profile. Therefore, further research was aimed at enhancing cognitive activity primarily by increasing motivation for pedagogical activity. Methods: pedagogical experiment. Results. An experimental test of the effectiveness of pedagogical conditions for intensifying the educational activities of future teachers-engineers of computer profile in professional training. Originality. The results of the study testify to the effec- tiveness of certain pedagogical conditions for intensifying the educational activities of future teachers-engineers of computer profile: changes of external motivation to internal will take place if the information and communication technologies are introduced into educational process of studying peda- gogical disciplines; change of position in the educational activity of future teachers-engineers of computer profile in the study of pedagogical disciplines will take place under the condition that students apply a project approach to the organization of their own educational activity; intensification of educational activity due to its correc- tion in future teachers-engineers of computer profile in the process of operative feedback at each stage of educational activity. Comparative analysis of experimental data shows an increase in the percentage of students of the experimental group compared to the control group with a high level of educational activities of future teachers-engineers of com- puter profile in the study of pedagogical disciplines for a stable active position of educational activity – by 34%, internal motivation to study – by 32%, by the ability to plan and organize their own educational trajectory – by 32%, by academic performance – by 25%). When comparing the results before and after the ex- periment: in the control group the empirical values of the criterion χ2 are less than critical, the characteristics of the compared groups coincide at the level of significance of 0.05; in experimental group the empirical values of the criterion χ2 are greater than the critical one, the signifi- cance of the difference in the characteristics of the com- pared groups is 95%.

Using Case Technology and Project Method in the Process of Studying Professionally Oriented Disciplines

2021 ◽  
pp. 67-77
Author(s):  
Madina T. Bekoeva
Keyword(s):  
Educational Process ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
Case Method ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Project Method ◽  
Latent Potential ◽  
The University

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.

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