Methodical Competence Deficits of Vocational Training Teachers

Abstract

The labor market today, more than ever, needs effective and highly qualified personnel ready to work in conditions of turbulence and uncertainty, and therefore teachers who are able to provide appropriate training for such personnel. However, the professional competences level of vocational training teachers does not always ensure the required quality. Therefore, it becomes important to organize a continuous monitoring system of the educational sphere and the labor market, which makes it possible to timely diagnose professional deficits of teaching staff and organize educational activities to eliminate them. The purpose of the article is to determine the reasons for the emergence of teachers’ professional deficits in organizations of the secondary vocational education system, to propose ways to overcome these deficiencies based on the identified educational needs of teachers. The study of professional deficiencies of vocational training teachers is implemented based on the competence approach, the concept of vocational education and the theory of professional deficits. The main method for collecting primary data was a questionnaire survey (n = 589). The groups of professional deficiencies of vocational training teachers in the field of methodical competence were identified (the use of modern forms and methods of organizing vocational and pedagogical training; the use of modern pedagogical, including digital technologies; creating conditions for the personal and professional students’ development; control and assessment). The research materials are an illustration of the experience of organizing monitoring of the educational sphere. The revealed level of vocational training teachers’ professional competence and specific deficiencies in methodical literacy will be useful for state bodies and other organizations of the vocational education system when developing a set of educational measures aimed at improving the professional competences of pedagogical staff for the vocational pedagogical education system.

Development of a Method for Combining Data in Order to Prevent Duplication of Records in the Database of the Information System for the Development of Methodological Competence of Teachers of It Disciplines

“…Other studies devoted to the theoretical foundations of the formation of methodological competence of teachers of higher educational institutions [8][9] offer a comprehensive approach to the assessment and development of this competence. These works emphasize the importance of supporting and assisting the university administration in the process of forming the methodological readiness of teachers.…”

A structural model for building a system for the development of methodological competence and methods for evaluating its effectiveness

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