Vocational and Pedagogical Training of Future Bachelors in the Field of Transport at the Pedagogical Institutions of Higher Education under Modern Social and Economic Conditions

Abstract

Intensive changes in social and economic conditions related to the development of labor markets and labor force require changes in the quality of training of specialists who possess not only special knowledge, but also certain qualities that ensure their competitiveness and professional mobility. This actualized the issue of modernizing the modern vocational and pedagogical education as a system of training teachers of vocational training, in particular, bachelors in the field of transport. The purpose of article is to analyse the theoretical and practical aspects of vocational and pedagogical training of future bachelors in the field of transport at the pedagogical institutions of higher education. Methods of research are analysis, systematization, observation and generalization. Results. It has been established that the vocational and pedagogical education of future bachelors in the field of transport is a special type of higher education, which is significantly different from the sectoral (engineering and technical, agricultural, economic) and actually pedagogical and is carried out in the system of vocational and pedagogical education. The specificity of vocational and pedagogical education consists in the training of staff for the implementation of educational programs of a professional orientation in the vocational education institutions of the I – II levels of accreditation. Conclusions. The key idea of integration and psychological and pedagogical training for the vocational and pedagogical education gives a possibility to prepare a professionally mobile specialist with the necessary qualifications. It is extremely important not to allow the priority of sectoral or pedagogical components in the content of vocational and pedagogical education, since both components are equivalents. In the near perspective of key tasks of vocational and pedagogical training are the implementation of integrated training of future bachelors in the field of transport; additional psychological and pedagogical training of graduates of specialized institutions of higher education or additional specialized training of graduates who have completed their studies in pedagogical institutions of higher education. We see further scientific studies in forecasting and projecting the development of the system of vocational and pedagogical education.