Abstract
The article describes the facilities of volunteering for students in social pedagogy and medicine during their professional training. Theoretical and methodological basis for developing students’ reflective competence, facilities for modeling it and implementing it at university through volunteering are considered. Successful development of reflective competence of students is viewed through volunteering and based on mastering the ways of social and professional behavior and new social roles. It is implemented in uneven-aged groups and depends on conscious choice of contents, forms, methods and means of training at university. That is what constitutes the concept of the research. The aim of the study is to develop, substantiate and implement theoretical and conceptual grounds for developing reflective competence of students in pedagogy and medicine at university through volunteering. The research experimentally proved the important role of volunteering in developing reflective competence of future specialists at university. It showed the correlation of characteristics of educational space at university and facilities for transferring effective reflective practices to volunteering. The results of the research indicate that developing reflective competence of future specialists through volunteering is a long process which should be specially organized. The aim of improving student’s reflective competence is personal and professional self-development. Based on the studied scientific literature, the authors revealed the characteristics of volunteering as a social and pedagogical phenomenon which had a positive influence on social and professional development of students.
Highlights
In the modern professional sphere, a pedagogue should be able to refer to his or her own inner world and understand the motives of his or her own behavior.The process of self-discovery and analyzing oneself as a subject of professional activity is only possible if the subject has fully formed reflective competence
Transition to the new system of higher education levels increases the level of freedom in educational choices of students. They have a right and obligation to build a personal route of training and professional development
The aim of the article is to describe the results of the research on the influence of volunteering on developing student’s reflective competence
Summary
In the modern professional sphere, a pedagogue should be able to refer to his or her own inner world and understand the motives of his or her own behavior.The process of self-discovery and analyzing oneself as a subject of professional activity is only possible if the subject has fully formed reflective competence. Transition to the new system of higher education levels increases the level of freedom in educational choices of students. They have a right and obligation to build a personal route of training and professional development. According to T.G. Ozernikova and N.E. Strogova, educational programs are oriented to student’s capabilities and the social meaning of such programs is to develop personal potential of students, their ability to set activity goals and find methods of achieving these goals on their own [2, 3]
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