The influence of socio-economic factors on the effectiveness of continuous pedagogical education in the Republic of Austria

Abstract

The proposed article deals with the development of the system of continuous teacher education in the conditions of the Austrian market economy. The author emphasizes the importance of studying the Austrian experience of the interaction of higher education with the labor market in order to reconsider the mechanisms and models of state influence on the policy of employment of teachers. It was determined that the purpose of this article is to analyze and generalize the socio-economic factors that shape the demand of young and experienced teachers for training within the concept of continuous education in the educational space of the Republic of Austria. The tasks are to determine the main stages of the development of continuous education in the countries of the European Union, in particular the Republic of Austria, from the beginning of the Bologna process until today; identify the leading trends in the development of the Austrian labor market and their impact on the supply of specialists with higher pedagogical education; substantiate the main imperatives of regulating the training and employment of future teachers in the Austrian economy. The author characterized the ways of ensuring the continuity of the development of pedagogical education in the Republic of Austria. Attention is focused on the need to introduce innovative forms of organizing professional training and improving the qualifications of pedagogical workers. An analysis of the labor market in the Republic of Austria was carried out regarding the demand for specialists in fields of pedagogy and their remuneration. It was found out that the effectiveness of personnel policy and provision of opportunities for professional development of pedagogical workers are somewhat lower than for other specialists with higher education. Factors stimulating teachers’ interest in career and professional growth through various forms of continuous education are singled out. The conditions for increasing the competitiveness and optimizing the potential of teachers as subjects of the labor market have been determined. It was concluded that the Republic of Austria has a positive experience of professional training of teachers in the system of continuing education, however, it needs new approaches to forecasting the needs of the labor market for specialists with higher pedagogical education in order to create a competitive environment in the education industry in the modern world.