THE EXPERIENCE OF THE PEDAGOGICAL EXCELLENCE SCHOOL: UPBRINGING OF EDUCATORS

Abstract

The article deals with the problem of improving the continuing pedagogical training of medical university instructors in the field of professional upbringing of students. The urgency of the stated problem is due to the country's need for competent specialists, whose level of education should meet the requirements of the profession and the Federal State Educational Standard of Higher Education. The authors set the goal of summarizing the pedagogical experience of the Course of pedagogy and educational technologies of additional professional education of Volgograd state medical University in training the instructors at the Pedagogical Excellence School (additional professional program "Educational work with students as an obligatory component of educational programs implementation"). The current state of medical students’ upbringing is considered and the need for medical university instructors training for students’ upbringing in contemporary situation is substantiated. The utilized methods are the theoretical analysis of psychological and pedagogical literature and publications, theoretical cognition, observation, system analysis and evaluation of information. The structure of the Pedagogical Excellence School integrating formal and non-formal education is presented. The content of the additional professional program for improving pedagogical qualification "Upbringing of students as an obligatory component of educational programs implementation" and the organization of pedagogical training for medical university instructors are considered. The content of the experience of value-oriented activity in educational work is formulated. The necessity for joint implementation of humanitarian support of students by the instructors of medical and humanitarian subjects is discussed. The role of tutors developing an active civic position of students is analyzed. The methods of interpretation of the data obtained in the university instructors’ survey were used for testing of the proposed program. The conclusion summarizes the experience of Pedagogical Excellence School in upbringing of educators.