METHODOLOGICAL BASES OF THE ORGANIZATION OF INDEPENDENT STUDY OF FUTURE SOCIAL WORKERS AS PART OF THEIR PREPARATIONS FOR THE PROJECT ACTIVITIES

Abstract

The paper concerns the methodological approaches of the organization of independent work of students of higher education institutions in preparing them to make project activities as social workers. The basis for the establishment of such a connection is the analysis of the list of studying results in National Qualifications Framework in part the "Independence and Responsibility". We believe that there is some controversy regarding the independent work: on the one hand, students must consciously set goals and plan their studying, on the other hand, the logics of professional training requires goal setting and significant management role of the teacher. To solve this contradiction the cybernetic and synergetic approaches to the analysis of the learning process in higher education establishment are applied in their mutual complement in the article. From the standpoint of cybernetic approach more emphasis is put on how the feedback laws manifest themselves in the educational system, on the required amount of diversity, the emergence and complementarity. These laws to a greater extent are applied to the learning process under the teacher`s guidance. According to synergistic approach a presence of a self-organization process in the educational system is acknowledged. As the order of the parameters the following ones are proposed: 1) the activities in which students already possess some experience; 2) the students` control over their own activities; 3) communication, which complements the results of individual work. Methods of reflection, role play, small group work, project method as an independent students` study, as well as the introductory practice are proposed while implementing these order parameters. It is maintained that the synergy attracts attention not only to the individual but also to a particular community of people. We are talking about academic student groups and subgroups, as well as the partnership of teachers, students and potential customers of personnel in joint projects. The corresponding experimental test was carried out in the Sumy State University for the students majoring in Sociology. The positive results in preparation of students for the project activities of social workers are achieved.