The Experience of Implementation of Elements of Dual Education in the Students’ Pedagogical Practice of the Institution of Vocational Higher Education

Abstract

The article deals with the elements of the dual form of obtaining education in various types of end-to-end pedagogical practice of students of vocational pre-university and higher education institutions: extracurricular educational work at school, trial lessons and classes at school, preparation for working with children in summer health care institutions, summer pedagogical practice in health care institutions, observation of the educational process in the first days of the child at school, pre-diploma pedagogical practice. It is emphasized that elements of dual education have already become an effective tool for training future primary school teachers to work in a new Ukrainian school. On the example of the training of teaching staff at the MIHE «Bar Humanitarian Pedagogical College named after Mykhailo Hrushevsky», the experience of implementing elements of dual education in the end-to-end pedagogical practice of training junior bachelors and bachelors on the basis of professional pre-university education is described. The issues of establishing partnership relations with educational institutions, which allow providing places for practical training of students, have been opened; educational activities that must be conducted at school; adjustment of the curriculum taking into account practical training in a general secondary education institution; establishment of rules of interaction between colleges and partner institutions of secondary education; elements of dual education of a student-intern during each type of practice; participation of teachers in the practical training of education seekers and evaluation of its results. It was noted that the positive sides of the training of specialists according to the dual form of education are: the training of specialists according to the dual form of education provides practical training of students at the workplace. This allows them to gain practical experience and understand how to work in the real educational environment of the school. It is emphasized that the long-term experience of pedagogical colleges in organizations and conducting various types of pedagogical practice under the proper conditions of its organization creates prerequisites and accelerates the introduction of a dual form of education by future pedagogical workers. This is explained by the fact that end-to-end pedagogical practice involves the continuity and sequence of its implementation while ensuring a sufficient amount of knowledge and skills for professional activity in accordance with the qualification characteristics of a specialist with the educational and professional degree «Specialist Junior Bachelor». Constant interaction with primary school teachers during various types of pedagogical practice ensures the formation of the motivation of the graduates of the pedagogical college to continue their studies at the bachelor's level and combine it with the work of a primary school teacher.