Organization Of Professional Training Research Articles

FORMATION OF THE METHODOLOGICAL CULTURE IN PEDAGOGICAL EDUCATION STUDENTS AS A MOTIVATION BASIS FOR THEIR PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL GROWTH

The article contains the analysis of the peculiarities of the formation of the methodological culture in the students of pedagogical education as a motivational basis for their professional and personal acme-growth. Motivation is considered as an important factor in the development of professional ideals, value orientations, pedagogical orientation, increasing the effectiveness of future teachers of higher education institutions. The characteristics of motivation for professional and personal growth of the future pedagogues are analyzed, in particular, such as humanistic orientation, goal setting, openness to innovations and changes, personality growth, humanistic values, the formation of methodological culture. Pedagogical research has been conducted on the formation of motivation for success in working teachers as a basis for further scientific research and the formation of methodological culture in the students of pedagogical education in higher education institutions. This made it possible, in the process of the next stage of the pedagogical experiment, to investigate the results of the study of pedagogical disciplines by education seekers of pedagogical disciplines under the conditions of the introduction of innovative means and technologies of education, to trace the growth of the level of methodological culture, in particular, the indicators of motivation of in the master's students. Such indicators are the result of applied methodological scientific approaches, in particular, personality oriented, acmeological, and methods of scientific and pedagogical research. The prospects of the specified scientific search include such aspects as increasing the attention of the participants in educational process to the systematic use of information technologies in the educational process in the context of integrative and acmeological approaches, interdisciplinary analysis of the defined area; the focus on training an intellectually developed creative personality capable of competent orientation in the digital educational space, continuous self-education and self-improvement; organization of professional training of future specialists according to an individual educational trajectory.

ПІДГОТОВКА МАЙБУТНІХ ОФІЦЕРІВ РОЗВІДНИКІВ ДО ПРОФЕСІЙНОЇ ДІЯЛЬНОСТІ В УМОВАХ ЗМІШАНОГО НАВЧАННЯ ЗАСОБАМИ ІНФОРМАЦІЙНО-ОСВІТНЬОГО СЕРЕДОВИЩА

The article analyzes scientific works, the regulatory and legal framework and the content of educational and methodological documentation regarding the organization of professional training of future intelligence officers. Modern approaches related to distance learning and digitalization of professional training of future specialists of the national security and defense sector of Ukraine, as well as the European Union, have been identified. The results of previous studies have been summarized. It has been established that the professional training of future intelligence officers in the conditions of pandemics and full-scale war can be carried out in the format of blended learning using the means of a specially created informational and educational environment. It is substantiated that blended learning of future military intelligence officers consists of the educational activity in two forms: in form of training sessions in specialized classrooms under the direct supervision of the scientific and pedagogical workers and in form of independent work with electronic resources of a specially created information and educational environment. Varieties of blended learning models in the conditions of pandemic and full-scale war are distinguished, namely "rotational model", "flexible model", "person-oriented model" and "enriched virtual environment model". Pedagogical components of information and educational environment tools for blended learning of future intelligence officers have been developed, which include: independent study of new educational material, independent study of material using elements of creativity, independent improvement of theoretical knowledge and practical skills in conditions of quasi-professional activity, and independent in-depth study of material. The introduction of innovative forms, methods and means of obtaining intelligence information into the professional training of future intelligence officers in the format of blended learning by means of the information and educational environment is proposed. The experience of conducting military intelligence acquired by the intelligence units of the armies of NATO member countries and the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the de-occupation of the territories of sovereign Ukraine captured by Russian-terrorist forces is considered as part of the blended learning. Standards of individual and collective training of future intelligence officers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and NATO are applied. Key words: future intelligence officers, blended learning, blended learning models, information and educational environment tools, pedagogical components of information and educational environment tools.

Organization of professional training: symbiosis of general secondary and out-of-school education

У статті розглянуто окреслено питання впровадження профільного навчання в Україні, побудови системи профорієнтації в умовах профільного навчання відповідно до індивідуальних компетентностей та здібностей, професійних орієнтацій здобувачів освіти.
 Обґрунтовано пріоритети системи освіти з урахуванням особливостей диференційованого навчання, створення ефективного механізму залучення та використання державних ресурсів для потреб освіти. Проаналізовано напрями вдосконалення нормативно-правового забезпечення щодо формування державної політики, розвитку й організації профільного навчання, адже перехід до профільного навчання сприяє реалізації особистісно орієнтованого освітнього процесу, розширенню можливостей побудови здобувачем освіти індивідуальної освітньої траєкторії.
 Окреслено перспективи подальшого вдосконалення та модернізації державної політики в галузі освіти в Україні, що полягають у забезпеченні реального переходу до організації профільного навчання в закладах загальної середньої освіти. Визначено умови симбіозу загальної середньої і позашкільної освіти в умовах реалізації Концепції профільного навчання в старшій школі.
 Схарактеризовано підходи до розуміння понять «профільна освіта» та «профільне навчання»; описано основні профілі, що знайшли відображення в проєкті Державного стандарту профільної середньої освіти, де виокремлено освітні галузі. Наголошено, що, залежно від потреб здобувачів освіти, можливостей закладів освіти та освітньої мережі територіальних громад, можуть відкриватися й інші профілі.
 Розглянуто зміст сучасної профільної освіти, моделювання загальнопредметної та профільної освіти з позиції характеристики змісту освіти, пріоритетів, цінностей, ключових особливостей, ступеня, критеріїв оцінки підсумкових результатів; шляхи реалізації змісту освіти на підставі проєктно-технологічного підходу, що інтегрує всі види діяльності особистості.

Requirements for digitalization of optimization technologies in healthcare: sociological research

BACKGROUND: The relevance of the study is due to the insufficient study of the requirements for digitalization in healthcare.
 AIM: The aim of this research is the scientific substantiation of requirements for digitalization of optimization technologies in healthcare, and their approbation on the model of management decision-making in medical institutions.
 MATERIALS AND METHODS: An anonymous survey involved 32 teaching experts from organizational departments and the Department of Philosophy, Humanities and Psychology of Saratov State Medical University named after V.I. Razumovsky, where optimization technologies have been rapidly developed and introduced into teaching and practice. Experts were asked to use a 10-point scale to evaluate the list of requirements for digitalization of optimization technologies in healthcare, and their significance. As the data distribution did not correspond to the binomial Gauss–Newton curve, the assessment of the reliability of differences was performed using the nonparametric Mann–Whitney criterion.
 RESULTS: A list of seven requirements for the digitalization of optimization technologies in healthcare, relevant to information support, automated evaluation of the initial state, implementation of the provisions of flexible changes methodology, virtualization of the optimization goal, cyclic optimization process, unified information space, organization of professional training was designed. Since the significance of all these requirements is essential (more than 8.0 points), we can suggest that when assessing the compliance of a particular technology, the entire list should be implemented. It turned productive to use the results of designing the technology for optimization of managerial decision-making in medical institutions for approbation of reasonable requirements.
 CONCLUSION: The requirements for digitalization of optimization technology in healthcare have been substantiated. It has been proved that the technology of optimizing managerial decision-making in medical institutions is digitized. The findings of this study can be used in both assessing the degree of digitalization of optimization technologies in healthcare and the professional training of healthcare managers.

A SYSTEM FOR DEVELOPING PROFESSIONAL PREPAREDNESS OF SOCIOCULTURAL SPECIALISTS FOR CREATIVE INTERACTION IN A DIGITAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

Purpose. The article is dedicated to the issue of designing a system of developing preparedness of sociocultural specialists to creative interaction in the digital learning environment.
 Materials and methods. The author substantiates the relevance of designing this system by the need to integrate sociocultural, pedagogical and digital aspects of professional activities in the professional training. In the course of the study, an analysis of scientific literature related to the study problem was conducted. The findings were then systematized and generalized to create a comprehensive system that captures the interconnectedness of social, cultural, and digital aspects of the professional activities. The research methods included the analysis of theoretical sources, the study and generalization of researchers’ experience on the issues of professional training of sociocultural specialists, as well as the analysis of empirical research and system design.
 Results. The study describes a developed and pedagogically substantiated system for raising preparedness of sociocultural specialists to creative interaction in a digital learning environment, including the main structural elements of the system, methodological approaches and principles that determine the internal logic of its development, as well as the set of conditions that ensure its effectiveness.
 Scope of application of the results. The results of this study are aimed at increasing the quality and enhancing the system of organization of professional training of these specialists.

Analysis of the Content of Bachelors’ Training in Communications at the Universities of the USA

The relevance of the article. Today is characterized by great attention to the communicative component in all areas of society, because it is communication that plays an important role in the establishment of a new socio-cultural order and in the reproduction of its structures. Such challenges place rather high demands on both personal and professional qualities of future communication specialists. Therefore, the training of mobile, creative, competent, successful, competitive communication specialists in the conditions of socio-economic changes in Ukraine is the main task facing higher education. It is possible to ensure the proper quality of training of domestic communication specialists based on the creative use of pedagogical experience accumulated throughout the history of the development of education in Ukraine and foreign countries. Despite the large number of studies devoted to the actual issues of training specialists, the experience of innovative approaches to the provision of educational services in the USA has not yet been sufficiently studied. Meanwhile, the rapid application of innovation in the organization of the educational process, in particular in the field of training mobile, creative, competent, successful, competitive communication specialists, is a necessary condition for the development of Ukrainian society.
 The purpose of the article — study of the experience of the USA regarding the organization of professional training of bachelors in communications, research of the content and features of the curricula of leading American educational institutions that offer education at the educational level “Bachelor of Communications” with the aim of using such approaches in the practice of Ukrainian universities.
 The methodology. Analytical method, methods of description, comparison and generalization were applied for the research.
 The results. The issue of training communication specialists in the leading universities of the United States of America in the bachelor’s program was considered. Data on the popularity and demand of specialists who have completed a bachelor’s degree in communications in the USA are presented. A review of the content of bachelor’s training programs in communications at more than 20 US universities was carried out. The peculiarities of bachelor’s training in communications at the University of Miami (The University of Miami) and Florida International University (Florida International University, FIU) are analyzed. Emphasis is placed on the need to study, adapt and implement the positive experience of US universities regarding the training of communication specialists in Ukrainian universities.
 The scientific novelty. This study offers an analysis of the content of bachelor’s programs of leading American educational institutions that offer studies at the educational level “Bachelor of Communications” in 2023.
 The practical significance. Research materials and conclusions can be used to adapt and implement the experience of US universities in training communication specialists in Ukrainian universities, in particular, to improve the content of educational programs.
 Conclusions. Effective development of modern communications is impossible without improving the quality of training bachelors in communications in higher educational institutions of various types and forms of ownership in Ukraine. To solve this problem, it is necessary to take into account the experience accumulated throughout the history of the development of education in Ukraine and foreign countries. Currently, the USA is one of the most popular places to get a bachelor’s degree in communications. The US universities offer a wide selection of bachelor’s programs in communications, among which the most popular are: Bachelor of Arts in Communications; Bachelor of Arts in Organizational and Strategic Communication; Bachelor of Business and Communications; Bachelor of Digital Media and Communications; Bachelor of Science in Interpersonal Communication; Bachelor of Science in Corporate Communications. The curriculum emphasizes students’ understanding of communication in a variety of contexts (interpersonal, intercultural, organizational, political, and mass communications) and prepares future professionals to be effective and well-rounded communicators. Such specialized skills will allow students to choose from a wide range of career opportunities after completing the program in a variety of industries.

Modeling of the process of development of moral and volitional qualities of cadets of educational organizations of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia: solution experience

Modeling of the process of development of moral and volitional qualities of cadets of educational organizations of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia: solution experience

Enhancing English as a foreign language communicative competence among engineering undergraduates through English medium instruction

Introduction. The actuality of this research paper is determined by new approaches to the content and organization of professional training for bachelor students in view of UNESCO requirements to sustainable development of modern engineering education. The practical experience gained in the course of teaching in a technical university revealed the fact that English medium instruction contributes to the development of both professional and communicative competences of a global engineer. The current study aims to design a professionally-oriented module-based English medium course targeted at the formation of English as a foreign language competence of non-native bachelors and prove its efficiency in training practice. Materials and methods. The methodological basis for this study was a competence-based and module-based approaches to teaching academic subjects through English for Russian-speaking bachelor students majoring in nuclear physics and technologies. There were 113 undergraduate students of the 3d and 4th years of study who took part in the experimental study carried out on the basis of National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University (Russian Federation). Results. In the course of the research, a module-based English medium course (EMC) was developed and introduced in a four-year bachelor training, which offered trainees deep and rich language practice on a variety of topics referred to their vocational domain and regular assessment of the target competence development throughout the implementation of the target training course. The obtained results indicated that trainees’ target competence significantly enhanced, in particular, their vocabulary and oral communicative skills. The most striking results were demonstrated by trainees whose levels of the target competence increased significantly and reached advanced level (63.2%). Conclusion. The EMC course designed in compliance with the main principals of competence-based and modulebased approaches had a positive effect on future engineers’ EFL communicative competence development, thus, contributing a lot to their successful career progression as highly professional engineers on the global arena.

INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES IN PROFESSIONAL TRAINING OF FUTURE SPECIALISTS IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION CLASSES

The article examines the issue of improving the professional training of future specialists with innovative technologies in physical education classes. It is highlighted that the main principles of professional training are a systemic, personally oriented approach, the main concept of which is the system as a whole, in which the educational process is considered as a stable set of interdependent elements (subsystems: didactic, educational, methodical, social) and interconnected actions in them. Their joint functioning is aimed at educating healthy students with a high level of physical fitness and acquired knowledge, abilities and skills for independent physical exercises. It is theoretically substantiated that physical education focuses on the development of the student as a personality, individuality and an active subject of professional training, which can be implemented only on the humanistic-democratic basis of pedagogical activity. Such an organization of professional training of future specialists increasingly acquires the character of dialogue, cooperation, co-creation, in which the mutually interested exchange of experiences of the teacher and the student prevails. This provides wider opportunities for students to prepare to meet the requirements of the future profession, the success of self-realization in which will be determined both by his professional knowledge and acmeological factors of life, attitude to the health of his and subordinates. The physical culture of a person reflects his education, physical fitness and perfection, which are achieved on the basis of the use of physical education. Physical education in the construction of the system of self-realization of the individual acts as a subject of self-improvement and involvement in the values of physical culture and is aimed at the object of improvement and development - the personality of the student. Therefore, physical education, as an educational discipline, reflects the level of education, physical and mental capacity, the formation of a culture of health based on the use of means and methods of physical education. Thus, the introduction of innovative technologies and their elements in the educational environment allow, to a greater extent, to solve the tasks of physical education, to increase interest in physical education, to satisfy motor activity, to increase the level of health and the development of physical qualities.

Organization of Professional Training of Police Officers aimed at Obtaining the Competencies Necessary to Perform Official Duties in Modern Conditions.

Organization of Professional Training of Police Officers aimed at Obtaining the Competencies Necessary to Perform Official Duties in Modern Conditions.

Preparing Future Teachers to Implement Distance Learning for Schoolchildren

The purpose of the study. The article deals with the issue of graduates’ (future teachers) preparation for the solution of professional tasks related to the organization of distance learning for schoolchildren. The analysis of current approaches to the organization of professional training of students of pedagogical universities for the implementation of distance learning is carried out. The results of students’ survey in order to identify professional deficits of graduates in the context of the implementation of distance learning technologies are presented. The main directions of improving the graduates’ professional skills in the framework of the discipline “Distance learning technologies” and work program structure are given.Materials and methods. Analysis of scientific and methodological literature on the preparation of graduates of pedagogical universities for the implementation of distance learning. The students’ survey to identify competencies and professional deficiencies in the field of application of distance learning technologies.Research results. The main competencies based on the analysis of scientific and methodological literature are identified and characterized. The formation of these competencies is aimed at further successful, effective and safe implementation by future teachers of activities in the field of schoolchildren’s distance learning. A number of competencies such as personal, professional and pedagogical, psychological, technical and extreme (ability and readiness to work in sudden complicated conditions) that are particularly in demand from the perspective problem under this study are highlighted. The students’ survey revealed professional deficits in the field of application of distance learning technologies. Methodological aspects of the organization of the distance learning process prevailed. Meanwhile, a significant number of students noted the lack of the formation of specific digital skills, which are necessary for the implementation of distance learning. It is important to highlight such professional deficits as a group work organization in a remote format (both in methodological and technical aspects); the organization of work with parents; the teacher’s time management.All these aspects determine the importance of purposeful work on the formation of appropriate skills of future teachers within the discipline “Distance learning technologies”. The content of this discipline is formed according to the results of the study.The results of the study can be used to improve the system of training of future teachers and the adjustments to the content of academic discipline programs.

How implementing the UN sustainable development goals affects customers’ perceptions and loyalty

When firms work to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), they contribute to environmental protection and social and economic welfare. But what are the implications for the firms themselves, particularly in terms of potential improvements to customer–organization relationships? This article seeks to answer that question in depth by investigating the distinct influences of implementing environmental, social, or economic SDGs on consumers' perceptions of the firm's reputation, trust, and user–organization identification, which in turn may affect their loyalty intentions. Survey responses from 210 employees and students of a professional training organization reveal that in this educational context, social and economic SDGs are more relevant than environmental SDGs. Implementing SDGs has positive implications for the organization, in the form of increased user loyalty, which is not a direct effect but rather is fully mediated by trust and user–organization identification. Reputation does not affect loyalty though. In addition, companies' compliance with SDGs should be consistent with their business objectives; SDG-washing is ineffective. This research thus expands scarce empirical knowledge in this emerging field by helping scholars and practitioners understand the unique processes through which achieving SDGs affects users' perceptions and future behaviors.

THE EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION ENVIRONMENT AS A CONDITION FOR THE SUCCESS OF A LINGUISTIC PERSONALITY FORMATION

The article reveals the features of the modern educational information environment for the success of linguistic personality formation.
 The authors of the article prove the importance of integrating the educational and information environment into the pedagogical process, where all component processes are exposed to personality formation, influence the professional formation of the future specialist and play a significant role in the formation of linguistic personality. The purpose of the article is the theoretical substantiation and empirical study of the level of the educational and information environment influence on language personality formation success in higher education institutions. The research tasks are focused on the scientific substantiation of the concepts of "educational and information environment" and "linguistic personality"; identification of factors in the formation of linguistic identity success; analysis and interpretation of research results regarding the influence of the educational and information environment on the linguistic personality formation. The results of the study prove that the educational and information environment is a combination of the latest information technologies and modern pedagogical developments, which should lead to the maximum effect of a sufficient educational process. Various roles of the educational and information environment in the educational process are considered. Where the specified environment can be both a means of supporting the educational process and a means of implementing blended learning. In our study, the educational and informational environment is considered in the paradigm of the distance learning organization. The classification of the levels of the information and educational space and the requirements for distance learning is revealed. The research proposes and justifies the choice of Internet technologies to create a new level of education and information environment. Research also proved the establishment of contact between all participants of the educational process; sample settings are necessary when the students' load of educational material is determined. In the course of questionnaires and surveys of participants in the educational and pedagogical process of technical universities, the peculiarities of the organization of professional training of future specialists in the conditions of distance learning, their influence on the success of language personality formation, and motivation to study were established. Conclusions. Summarizing the results of the study on the influence of the educational and information environment on linguistic personality formation, the authors substantiate the need for learning a foreign language. On the basis of productive educational activities, the development of a foreign language is a component of forming a linguistic personality. It is noted that the use of Internet resources creates conditions for the implementation of an individual and differentiated approach to foreign language learning as well as forms the ability to work, analyse and evaluate information. The article reveals the advantages of implementing an educational and information environment during distance learning of foreign languages and emphasizes that despite all the problems of introducing the specified form of education into the educational process, the educational and information environment helped both teachers and students to discover new opportunities, to get a new positive experience of working with Internet platforms and digital tools, and also contributed to the success of linguistic personality formation

Organizational and Legal Aspects of the Organization of Professional Training of Employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the System of Additional Professional Education

The authors in their study consider important aspects devoted to the issues of organizational and legal support for the organization of professional training of employees of the internal affairs bodies of the Russian Federation in the conditions of their education in the departmental system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. In their work, the authors investigate the current state of affairs, give examples of the organization of the work of the educational and auxiliary units of the university to ensure high-quality training of students as part of their development of various educational programs for advanced training and professional retraining. Attention is drawn to the improvement of legal and organizational approaches to the educational process and increasing the level of competencies of the teaching staff engaged in educational activities within their authority. The tangible contribution of the authors of the presented work is the relevant topic touched upon, due to the fact that at present special importance is attached by the state to improving the level of education, legal culture, professional competence of police officers in the performance of their official duties provided for by federal legislation in this area. The researchers clearly concluded that proper control, planning, legal support of the organization of educational activities of the departmental university of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the system of additional professional education, based on the requirements of regulatory legal acts in this area, will certainly allow to regulate the legal relations of all participants in the educational process in a natural way, will increase the level of personal legal responsibility for the implementation of the strategic tasks set by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.

THE RIGHT TO STATE SERVICE IN THE MODERN MEASURE

The article is dedicated to the accomplishment of a great number of meals, which stand for the defense of the right to state service for the protection of digitalization processes, as if the state service and the normatively established methods for the defense of the right to state service have been impeded. The purpose of the study is to form a comprehensive approach to the determination of the protection of the right to state service and the features of its protection caused by the use of information and telecommunication technologies. The subject of the study is the vector and priority of service legislation, which is in the middle of practical alternatives to information technologies. Methodology: in the course of the study of victorious research and special methods of scientific knowledge, including those that are victorious every hour, the analysis of statistical zvіtnostі in the sphere of state service. Result: it has been established that the right to defend the right to state service is the legislature of the possibility of a citizen of Ukraine and a state service (in a broad sense) and a state service (in a narrow sense) to defend one's competences in state service. Emphasis is placed on respect for the rights of state servicemen to promote the level of digital competencies as a warehouse right to state service. It was requested: a) to introduce amendments to the Law of Ukraine “On State Service”; b) creation on the basis of the knowledge management web portal in the field of professional training "Knowledge Management Portal" of an information system of automated information collection, which will allow in real time to receive relevant information about the organization of professional training of civil servants in the civil service system and in the aspect of individual state bodies.

Methodological features of the organization of professional training in mathematics in institutions of general secondary education

Methodological features of the organization of professional training in mathematics in institutions of general secondary education

Organization of Professional Training of Communication Management and Communications Specialists

The article substantiates, develops and experimentally verifies the model of the organization of professional training of communication management communications specialists in higher educational institutions in the synergy of functional and purposeful, content and methodological, organizational and technological as well as relevant subsystems. It clarifies and improves conceptual and categorical apparatus that belongs to the scientific thesaurus and vocabulary regarding information security in the field of education, science and innovation of the research apparatus. The communicative and motivational, participative and conative as well as informational and noospheric criteria have been determined. The following levels have been defined: medium, sufficient and high for the professional competence formation of communication management and communications specialists in higher educational institutions. The paper also defines educational and content modules of disciplines for communication management and communication specialists − management and educational policy, methodology of scientific research and training of professionally oriented disciplines; forms, methods and means for organizing educational and scientific as well as cognitive activity.

Organizational Analysis in Preparation for LMS Change: a Narrative Case Study

Collaboration and teamwork are concepts routinely attributed to organizational success and successful change management. Yet often the details of these collaborative experiences are limited to participants in the team involved. In this case study we highlight how a learning experience architect, as part of an organizational working group, could leverage human performance technology (HPT) principles to lead the analysis efforts surrounding an LMS platform change at a professional training organization. Human performance technology is the study and practice of improving productivity in organizations. This includes designing and developing effective interventions, processes, and methodologies that are ethical, results-oriented, comprehensive, and systemic (West, 2018). This article covers the project’s genesis, the project team’s creation, and how the analysis work was carried out. The first author’s unique access to the subject matter of this case study provides the ability to present the project’s analysis phase in the following narrative format. This article’s intrinsic case study represents an exploratory inquiry into a single case, as this article’s conclusions are inherently limited to its scope. Nevertheless, the article provides evidence that large scale change within organizations requires a balance of effective communication practices and organizational systems thinking.

SOCIAL AND PEDAGOGICAL ASPECTS OF ADULT LEARNING IN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

The article is devoted to the problem of social and pedagogical aspects of adult learning in European countries in modern society. The most of European countries have a legislative and regulatory framework for the regulation of adult learning, which defines its goals, principles and mechanisms of state support, main actors, their rights and obligations, ways of coordinating the actions of different providers of educational services, principles and financing. Summarizing the above, it is necessary to conclude that in the UK and other European countries specialists receive professional training according to the standard of profession, that is, according to the set of professional and personal qualities and properties, which are very important in the organization of professional training. The author highlights the peculiarities of European adult learning. Thus, the main directions of adult learning development in the international environment are: experiments on nonlinear organization of the educational process, introduction of credit system and rating assessment, development and realization of individual educational programs, organization of interaction with the labor market, customers and consumers of professional personnel and creation the effective system of quality management of adult education.

The study of virtual reality influence on the process of professional training of miners.

Virtual reality technologies are actively applied for the organization of professional training in various industries, as well as in distance learning. However, numerous studies show the presence of a large number of negative factors that limit the effectiveness of using these technologies (united by the concept of "cybersickness"). The study, identification and reduction in the influence of these negative factors will increase the immersiveness and quality of the professional training process. Within the framework of this study, several hypotheses have been put forward regarding the negative and positive impact of VR technologies on the process of professional training, the coal and mining industry has been chosen as the subject area. Thus, the problem of effective training of miners for activities in regular and emergency situations is considered, in the latter case, VR technologies would allow forming the necessary set of skills and knowledge about actions in emergency situations. To confirm the declared hypotheses, an experimental group of 30 people was formed, corresponding to the trained miners by age characteristics. Based on the analysis, a list of quantitative and qualitative metrics for evaluating interaction with virtual reality was formed, the software of virtual scenes for two tasks (moving simple objects and a set of exercises in a virtual mine) was developed. The experimental group repeatedly performed these exercises, which allowed us to analyze the dynamics of changes in the average values of quantitative and qualitative metrics. The data obtained were processed by statistical tests (Shapiro–Wilk, Kruskal–Wallis, Mann–Whitney), which allowed us to assess the impact of the selected configurations (with and without VR) and the number of attempts on the selected metrics. The obtained results partially or completely confirmed the declared hypotheses and allowed us to form a list of recommendations for the organization of high-quality professional training using virtual reality technologies.Supplementary InformationThe online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10055-022-00687-7.