Model of Preparation of a Craftsman in the Framework of Continuous Vocational Education

Abstract

The significance of the issue under study is stipulated by a social order for targeted
preparation of staff for a craft type of companies. The aim of the article is development
and approbation of structural-functional model of continuous craftsman education.
The main research method of the given issue is modeling which enables to see the
issue as a process of targeted, continuous and conscious acquiring of vocational
competences by future craftsmen, in the course of formal, non-formal and informal
education. The article presents a structural-functional model of continuous craftsman
education that includes formal, non-formal and informal education and outlines a
complex of organizational-pedagogical conditions contributing to implementation of
this model. The contents of the article might be of interest for students of craft trades,
all categories of vocational-pedagogical workers, specialists of state government
institutions in the area of vocational education.