Developing soft skills of music teachers through involvement in student project office activities

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to analyze the results of soft skills development of music teachers through involvement in student project office activities. The content analysis of normative and legal documents regulating professional training and professional activity of a music teacher resulted in the following soft skills content for this category of employees: communicative competences, self-management skills, critical thinking, and managerial competences. The study of music teachers' soft skills development in the process of their involvement in project activities was carried out through a pedagogical experiment. 76 students (3-4 years) of the Institute of History and Culture, 15 teachers and 12 social partners took part in the research. The conducted research confirmed the effectiveness of developing soft skills of future music educators in the process of involving students in project management. The implementation of this activity began with the creation of student project office, which is a necessary tool to organize project management in the student environment.