Structural and functional model of the system of the future railway transport specialists professional education in the conditions of lifelong education

Abstract

The research is an attempt to substantiate the system of professional education of future railway transport specialists in the conditions of lifelong education as the unity of such blocks as purposeful, informatory, operational and effective. The components of each block are analyzed, as well as the relationships between them. The essence and analysis of key characteristics of the definition of «pedagogical system» are revealed. The professional education of future railway transport specialists must meet the demands of society, as well as reflect the level of development of science and technology. Future railway transport specialists must have professional competence, which is considered to be crucial quality of specialist in the context of European integration processes, labor market mobility and growing demands of employers. The system-creating factor is the goal, that is the formation of professional competence of future railway transport specialists in the system «college-university». The research purpose is to substantiate and build the structural and functional model of the system of the future railway transport specialists professional education in the conditions of lifelong education. The research methods are analysis of psychological and pedagogical literature on research problems, pedagogical modeling, comparative analysis, systematization and generalization of results. The results. Building an authorʼs system of professional education for future railway transport specialists should be an attempt to improve the traditional system of vocational education. Such system should be based on humanistic principles, according to which each individual is of the greatest value, along with its individual characteristics, inclinations and abilities. The key methodological approaches of professional education system of future railway transport specialists should be personality-oriented, activity-oriented and competence-forming. The key principles of building the system are continuity, professional orientation, system and consistency, continuity of education, «education for the future». Conclusions. To study the system of professional education of future railway transport specialists, a structural-functional model of such a system has been built, which reflects the functional connections between the structural components of the system. The development of the model makes it possible to search for ways to improve the system of professional education of future specialists in this field. The introduction of professional education system of future railway transport specialists in the educational process will increase the efficiency of the process of training future specialists at different stages of higher education.