ВИКОРИСТАННЯ ДИСТАНЦІЙНОГО НАВЧАННЯ ДЛЯ ФОРМУВАННЯ "SOFT SKILLS" У ФАХІВЦІВ, ЩО НАВЧАЮТЬСЯ ЗА ПРОГРАМОЮ "ЦИВІЛЬНО-ВІЙСЬКОВІ ВІДНОСИНИ"

Abstract

The article is dedicated to the capabilities on introducing modern methods and pedagogical technologies (the technologies ofdistance studying) including the ones that are used in the course of the training of the Armed Forces of the NATO membercountries and which could be adapted to the peculiarities of training cadets (students) in accordance to the program of “Civilmilitary relations”.There’re arguments provided, which favor the implementation of technologies of distance studying in the system of militaryeducation which will facilitate the engagement of a larger number of participants to obtain and permanently improve theprofessional military education; the more operative reaction to changes, that are currently ongoing in the modern world andeducation; the provision of qualitively new educational services by providing access to informational resources including theones that are developing “soft skills” as competences which are the most required ones for modern specialists.There’s a presented analyses of the open educational platforms with the aim to identify courses which could be used todevelop “soft skills” within the framework of training specialists in accordance to the program “Civil-Military relations. It hasbeen determined that the competences “soft skills” are required in the first place for self-development, they represent the bestpractices of the system of “life-long study” and most certainly have got to be an element of combined studying which happens tobe the most suitable for military education.There have been arguments provided in favor of the fact that an important feature of training specialists in the field of civilmilitarycooperation is the intensification of international cooperation in the field of education with the prominent countries inthe world and the appropriate structures of NATO member countries, the intensification of participation of personnel in terms ofinternational exercises , training missions, trainings, educational programs, consultations, internships and other events mainly,within the NATO program “The development of military education” and Ukraine-NATO program with the professionaldevelopment of civil-personnel of the security and defense sector with the engagement of instructors and teachers who havebeen deployed with this purpose.