“TIME COMPETENCE” AS A DEVELOPMENT TOOL OF PROFESSIONAL IMAGE OF APPLICANTS OF EDUCATION IN INSTITUTIONS OF DIFFERENT LEVELS OF ACCREDITATION

Abstract

It is analyzed in the article “competency in time” as a means of developing the professional image of applicants for education in institutions of different accreditation levels. There are highlighted characteristics of the “professional image”, “competence in time”. They will enable future specialists of socionomic professions to effectively carry out their professional activities. Scientists interpret “image” differently, focusing on its polysemantic category. It characterizes the style of professional and pedagogical activity, the manner of communication, the ability to individualize one’s image, to give it aesthetic expressiveness.There are summarized definitions of the terms “image”, “professional image”. It is defined “professional image of a specialist in socionomic professions” in the context of the study of the raised problem. It is an integrated image that combines internal and external characteristics. It also arises in the minds of other people in the communication process with him. It was established that “temporal competence” involves the effective organization of professional activity in accordance with the challenges of time and space. It creates conditions for professional self-realization. “Competence in time” is defined as the presence of knowledge, abilities and skills, experience in organizing one’s time resources, adequate perception of temporal reality.The development of the professional image of applicants for education in educational institutions (colleges) and higher education will take place more effectively if the case method is used. Attention is focused on three aspects of the case method: as a specific teaching method, as a paradigm of activity and way of thinking, and as a field of creative activity. It has been established that the simplest are “choice cases”, “closed” cases that contain all the necessary information ‒ a description of a situation that has two solutions. It is presented an indicative scenario of organizing a lesson on the development of “time competence” according to the case method, consisting of four stages (organizational, preparatory, analytical, final).
 Keywords: time competence; image; professional image; case method; professional training; development; education seekers; specialists in socionomic professions; professional preliminary educational institutions; higher educational institutions.