The Development of Academic Mobility of Students of Pedagogical Departments in Universities

Abstract

The problem stated in this article is stipulated by the fact that academic mobility of students to a large extent facilitates the solution of the main educational goals, which include the development of modern areas of study, promoting the improvement of the availability, quality and usefulness of education. The main goals of mobility are to offer the student the opportunity to obtain a broad education in the chosen field of training, and provide access to the established centers of knowledge. The purpose of this article is the elaboration of recommendations for expanding academic mobility pertaining to the pedagogical department of students in universities. The theoretical analysis of pedagogical literature is the leading method for the given problem of study, and this analysis makes it possible to formulate the definition of students’ academic mobility, alongside with the method of modeling which creates a project of new modules for the bachelor program.The main results of the research consist in developing new undergraduate programme modules for enlarged group of disciplines such as; "Education and Pedagogy" (consisting of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Physics), were appropriately integrated into the educational programme "Pedagogical education", (with profiles such as "Physics", or "Pedagogical education" - where the main profile is "Physics" with the aim to develop academic mobility in terms of networking). The significance of the results obtained is dictated by the fact that the above modules can be offered not only for students involved in "Pedagogical education" (profile "Physics"), but also for those who want to change the track of training after two or three years, or for the trainees of refresher courses with a certain level of required competence, as well as for the specialists from state and private educational institutions, for education management, and for training and retraining of teachers.