Contents of training of future youth work social workers: from the experience of Uman State Pedagogical University

Abstract

The relevance of the study is that modern youth is the subject of special attention of modern society, because the change of socio-economic and political system of Ukraine has had an ambiguous impact on the consciousness and behavior of the younger generation. Today, democratic processes are observed in various spheres of life, civil society is being developed, and opportunities for personal development, initiative and creativity are being provided. The future of the state largely depends on the civic position of the younger generation, this fact increases the importance of managing the processes of national-patriotic formation of future youth work social workers in the process of studying in a higher education institution. The purpose of the article is to analyze the specifics of the educational and professional program "Social Work (Youth Work)" to prepare future youth work social workers at Pavlo Tychyna Uman State Pedagogical University. Research methods: systematic, problem-targeted, normative-comparative analysis of sources; content analysis of documentation, educational programs, curricula, content of active educational programs of educational components; screening of websites of higher education institutions that train future social workers for youth work. The article highlights the relevance of the introduction in the educational process of training future youth work social workers such disciplines as “Theory and practice of youth work”, “Youth in the modern community”; the content and structure of compulsory educational components of the educational-professional program “Social work (Youth work)” are revealed; methods of teaching and learning, criteria for evaluating learning outcomes of a program are presented; general and professional competencies and learning outcomes of a program are regulated and analyzed - regulated by academic disciplines. The peculiarities of the educational program for the preparation of future youth work social workers from the experience of the Faculty of Social and Psychological Education of Pavlo Tychyna Uman State Pedagogical University are determined.