Criteria-Indicative Base for Professional Culture Formation in Future Speech Therapists

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to develop the innovative learning technologies, identify criteria and indicators of the formation of professional culture in future speech therapists. Since professional culture is a complex concept that includes integrated personality qualities, such as a high level of moral culture, culture of speech and behavior, deontological culture, professional theoretical and methodological framework and further motivational focus on self-development. We have also identified levels its formation: analytical-adaptive level, productive-activity level and practical-novelty level. The latest learning technologies are more modern and modernized, their introduction into the educational process makes it high quality and provides a focus on creativity of ideas and independence of students in achieving pedagogical goals. The teacher-speech therapist must have the skills to develop and effectively implement innovative approaches, including the ability to reflect, the ability to compare different points of view, express their own position, scientifically substantiate and defend it professionally, independently design the educational process within certain positions, ensuring the effectiveness of the correctional process. The analysis of the scientific publications allowed us to develop and present innovative technologies for the formation of professional culture of future speech therapists. Training of applicants for higher education, specialty 016 "Special Education" of V. O. Sukhomlynskyi Mykolaiv National University to professional activity is carried out through the systematic use of comprehensive tools to enhance the cognitive activity and efficiency of students, improving their theoretical knowledge and skills, active interaction between all participants in the educational process. In order to find out the state of formation of the professional culture of future speech therapists, a survey of higher education students was conducted. 135 students of specialty 016 "Special Education" of I (bachelor's) and II (master's) levels of higher education took part in the diagnostics. Using the innovative S.T.A.R. approach (S - situation, T - task, A - active actions, R - result) allows to structure the revealed knowledge, abilities and skills of respondents, having distributed them according to components (professional culture, personal culture, moral culture).