The article deals with the problem of forming the value attitude of future socionomic specialists to their professional activity in the process of professional training. The purpose of the article is ...to define the phenomenon of “the value attitude of future specialists in the socionomic sphere to their professional activity”, to present new aspects of its formation in the educational process of higher education and the results obtained. The objectives of the study are as follows: 1) to analyze the theoretical foundations of the scientific understanding of the essence of the value attitude to the professional activity; 2) to substantiate the structure of the value attitude of future specialists in the socio-economic sphere to their professional activity; 3) to identify the directions of forming the value attitude of future specialists in the socio-economic sphere to their professional activity in the process of professional training; 4) to experimentally test the effectiveness of the identified directions of forming the value attitude of future specialists in the socioeconomic sphere to their professional activity in the process of professional training. The value attitude to the professional activity is considered as a component of the value-content sphere of the personality of the future specialists in the socio-economic sphere, which positively reflects their system of values of professional knowledge. The structure of the value attitude of future socionomic specialists to their professional activity is presented in the unity of cognitive-evaluative, motivational, activity-transformative and reflective components. In accordance with the identified components, indicators and levels of their formation (stable communicative-reflective, situational profession-oriented, and inert subject practical ones) are determined. We consider the process of forming the value attitude of future specialists in the socio-economic sphere to their professional activity in the process of professional training as a process whose main directions include identifying professionally oriented information from the content; modeling students’ own value judgments; ensuring the cognitive activity of students and forming the skills of independent cognitive activity; actualization of personal values of students; active involvement of students in research work; inclusion of students in various practical activities. The study was conducted in 2020–2022 at Alfred Nobel University. 97 future bachelors in psychology and social work were involved (EG1 – 35, EG2 – 32, KG – 30). The following research methods were used: questionnaires, modified diagnostic methods of A. Rean; the method of involving students in life situations by systematically changing the conditions of the same task; methods of modeling professional situations in solving communicative and reflective tasks; and analysis of written tasks. The experimental study confirmed that the presented variety of directions, means of forming the value attitude of future specialists in the socio-economic sphere to their professional activity allows students to “launch” internal mechanisms of self-development, self-realization and self-improvement in various types of professional activities, as well as realize the need for personal restructuring and their own responsibility for the quality of professional growth.
The paper addresses content-related issues, a state-of-the-art assessment, and the key trends in the growth of soft skills. Soft skills should be emphasized in university curricula because they are ...currently necessary for having decent career possibilities. The article examines the findings of a study on the development of soft skills among postgraduate students at Alfred Nobel University in Dnipro, Ukraine who are majoring in professional education. These statistics demonstrate that postgraduate students are aware of the value of developing soft skills in order to have a successful career. Additionally, creative teaching strategies and tactics geared at developing soft skills will be incorporated into the educational process.
The article examines the current problem of professional training of future IT specialists in the context of forming their strategic competence because it is critical for university graduates in the ...field of IT to be able to strategically plan actions in different ways for effective implementation in their professional activities. Therefore, the strategy of professional activity is carried out by means of separate tactical actions, which collectively make up strategic activity. Thus, s IT specialists’ shaping strategic competence allows understanding of which actions are the most important for the realization of the goal and the achievement of professional tasks. It has been established that strategic competence of an IT specialist is a personal integrative creation. This represents the unity of professionally significant qualities, knowledge and skills, with the help of which specialists formulate the strategic goal of work, show a value-motivational attitude to strategic changes and flexibility in behaviour depending on the factors of the external environment, make a reasonable choice and implement strategies depending on the situation, while achieving the effectiveness of the professional activity. The importance of shaping strategic competence in three main sections is substantiated including: elemental (a set of components, the interaction between which ensures the implementation of the relevant activity); functional (methodology for adopting strategies); and procedural (technology for developing and implementing a strategy in the existing environment). It has been proved that a high level of IT specialists’ strategic competence ensures the following: determination of the leading goal of professional activity, choosing an effective model of professional behaviour following existing conditions, planning and development of measures for adaptation to conditions of professional activity, implementation of planned professional actions and operations (strategies), etc. The article also presents the main aspects of professional training of future IT specialists. The experience of organizing and implementing university training for future IT specialists shows that a high level of strategic competence makes it possible to choose and prepare the right hardware and software, rational methods for solving professional tasks, allows for the modernization of IT infrastructure, optimization of IT efficiency for innovation. This makes it possible to manage the IT sector, in particular, in the context of IT infrastructure management, IT projects, IT costs, to increase the security and stability of the industry. It is important to define long-term goals, taking into account the phased process of optimizing existing IT systems. A strong emphasis is also placed on the following blocks of scientific knowledge: the use of technologies and algorithms of computational intelligence and intelligent data analysis in the tasks of forecasting, analytics, cluster analysis using software tools to support multidimensional data analysis based on DataMining, TextMining, WebMining technologies, mastering system programming languages and methods of developing online programs, performing parallel and distributed calculations, applying numerical methods and algorithms, etc. The article also provides promising directions for research as a study of the real state of shaping strategic competence of future bachelors in the IT field.
The article is devoted to one of the topical issues of professional and practical training of competitive specialists in higher education institutions of Ukraine. The focus is on improving the ...organization of the educational process and its technology. Using modeling as one of the relevant methods of pedagogical research, the paper presents and theoretically substantiates the author's model of organization of the educational process in higher education, which acts as a functional system for organizing the assimilation of knowledge by students of higher education institutions, the ways and means of this assimilstion in professional, practical and general cultural aspects. The structure of the proposed model of organization of the educational process in higher education consists of target, theoretical and methodological, content, technological, reflective-analytical, performance-evaluation blocks, each of which received a detailed description taking into account the specifics of their components.
The article deals with the state control mechanisms and their role in improving the quality of public services provided by local self-government bodies. The aim of the article is to identify key ...state control mechanisms, opportunities for improving the level of public services of local self-government bodies, and provide recommendations for improving the system of state control. Different state control mechanisms were studied, including inspections, performance evaluation, financial audit, quality standards, legal oversight, and citizen feedback mechanisms. Contextual analysis, comparison, and graphic methods were used as research methods. Satisfaction with services in the EU countries was determined by different areas of public services. The study emphasizes the importance of state control in promoting transparency, accountability, and continuous improvement in local government service delivery. The results of the study demonstrate ways of optimization of state control mechanisms by public authorities to improve the overall quality of public services. Attention is focused on the need for effective state control to increase the level of satisfaction and well-being of citizens at the local level. A model of comprehensive implementation of state control mechanisms over the quality of public services of local self-government bodies was developed.
The article looks into the issue of developing methodical requirements for the structure and content of online courses. The study is dedicated to the analysis of peculiarities of developing the ...content of online systems and developing methodical recommendations to educational materials for online courses of training higher school mathematics teachers. The research considers the experts’ experience in preparing, structuring and developing the content for online courses and answers to volunteers who have agreed to test the educational materials of the course. The answers given by the participants have allowed estimating the quality of the developed course and detecting its insignificant drawbacks. The article discusses general requirements to the structure and content of the online course, means for the implementation of a testing subsystem, peculiarities of developing educational video content and educational materials in PDF format, issues of implementing forum and survey subsystems, as well as means of estimating learning outcomes. We have grounds to conclude that the quality of the course is determined by the range of factors, among which we point out the course organization based on weekly planning, implementation of a testing subsystem under conditions of extended functionality, creation of abilities to organize feedback.
Cell culture models are excellent tools for potential toxicity of nanoparticles and fundamental investigations in cancer research. Thus, information about AuNP potential toxicity and effects on human ...health is necessary for the use of nanomaterials in clinical settings. The aim of our research is to examine the effects of AuNPs on the epithelial origin cell lines: continuous and oncogenic. Embryonic porcine kidney epithelial inoculated (SPEV) cell line and colorectal carcinoma cell line (HT29) were used. In the test cultures, the cell proliferation, necrosis/apoptosis, and multicellular spheroids generation were evaluated. We demonstrated that AuNP concentrations of 6–12 μg/ml reduced the proliferation of SPEV and HT29 cells and increased the cell number at early and late stages of apoptosis and necrosis. It was shown that small concentrations of AuNPs (1–3 μg/ml) stimulate multicellular spheroid formation by HT29 and SPEV cells. However, higher AuNP concentrations (6–12 μg/ml) had both cytotoxic and anti-cohesive effects on cell in suspension. The large sensitiveness to the action of AuNPs was shown by the line of HT29 (6 μg/ml) as compared to the SPEV cells (12 μg/ml). This experimental study of the effect of AuNPs on SPEV and HT29 cell lines will justify their further application in AuNP-mediated anticancer treatment.
This article addresses the issue of developing and using students’ workshops in English. In the article, such workshops are defined as the fullest form of peer-teaching in which one or several ...students (workshop organizers) guide their group-mates in performing extra-linguistic learning activities conducted in the target language. The research describes workshops as one of the most efficient ways of involuntary (subconscious) target language acquisition achieved through extra-linguistic practical (experiential) activities performed by way of communication in the language to be learned. The article reports the results of a comparative experimental study in which students of a non-linguistic major (Psychology) and students majoring in English as a foreign language on which their career option (Applied Linguistics) is based were practicing workshops in English in their mandatory classes on that language. The results of the experimental study clearly demonstrate and prove that workshop practice was quite successful in both cases not only in what concerns the involuntary (subconscious) development of learners’ target language communication skills. No less evident was the development of some of the students’ psychological qualities (emotional intelligence) important for their further studies and professional careers.
The article deals with the issues of the content, assessment of the current state and the main tendencies in the development of the so-called “soft skills”. At present soft skills are essential to ...have good job opportunities and university curriculum should be focused on developing and mastering them. The article analyses the results of the research of the soft skills development among post graduate students majoring in Professional Education of Alfred Nobel University, Dnipro. These data prove that postgraduate students realize the importance of mastering soft skills to make a successful career. Moreover, innovative teaching methods and techniques aimed at mastering soft skills are to be introduced into the educational process.
The article reveals the phenomenon of a problem-cognitive task as an instrumental resource of pedagogical design and a mechanism for improving the quality of training future teachers for professional ...activities; a program of experiential learning based on the principles of a problem-based approach, pedagogical conditions that ensure its effectiveness, and experimental verification of the productivity of the methodology and technology for using a problem-cognitive task in the educational process of higher education. The basis of the obsession with experiential learning was the "Workshop for solving problem-cognitive tasks", which provides for the development and consolidation of future teachers' skills: to analyze the conditions and requirements of the task; draw up a plan for its solution; to structure the model of the task-problem situation; apply general logical and general subject methods, heuristic methods for solving problem-cognitive tasks; analyze and evaluate the results.
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