A Social and Psychological Training Course as a form of Teaching in the Process of the Students’ Professional Education at a Higher Education Institution

Abstract

The article is devoted to a very important problem of contemporary education - the
problem of professional and personal development and self-determination of a student at
a higher education institution. The article outlines the theoretical analysis of studying the
role of a training course in the educational process, as well as advantages of applying the
social and psychological training course as a form of teaching for specialists’ education.
The theoretical- phenomenological analysis and a forming experiment were used as the
study methods. The conclusions described in the article emphasize the fact that a student
should have initial opportunities, abilities, knowledge, competence, skills and a high
motivation to achieve a high level of professionalism in his professional activity. It is very
important that a professional should not only possess mastery but be recognized to have
a high effectiveness and stability of activity results which is achieved by the use of various
forms and methods of teaching in the process of professional education. The social and psychological training course is a form of work that helps to effectively develop the skills
of professional activity creating the emotionally safe milieu in students’ learning that gives
an opportunity of getting an active feedback and forming a skill of self-analysis.
This article can be of use to teachers of higher education institutions, social workers as
well as to psychologists-practitioners.