THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE QUALITY OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING OF FUTURE SOCIOLOGISTS BY MEANS OF EDUCATIONAL CYBERSPACE

Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of the state of the modern professional training of future sociologists in Ukraine and the definition of the scientific grounds for its quality improvement connected with the use of educational cyberspace. Special attention is paid to the researches of the issue provided by modern Ukrainian and foreign scientists. Due to the analysis of the scientific literature as well as multilateral analysis of the practice of professional training of sociologists in Ukraine and abroad, particular problems and challenges are highlighted. In the process of the problem investigation, the conclusion was made on the particular necessity to diversify the applied approaches to foreign language learning and teaching in terms of the present mode of hybrid education at the university. The various methods and innovative approaches developed are the attempts to answer these actual questions for the vocational training of future sociologists. The methodological support of the mentioned process of future sociologists training is developed in Odessa I. I. Mechnikov National University: the special course “The formation of the professional qualities of a future sociologist in the process of context training” for learning and teaching the foreign language (English) for the special purposes by means of educational cyberspace in the academic environment. The process of designing and delivering the materials of this course offered the possibility to sort out the traditional effective means of vocational training and supplement them with the means of educational cyberspace.
 Keywords: future sociologist; professional training; educational cyberspace; educational environment; online audio resources; online video resources; hybrid education; context learning.