Abstract:

The presented study examines the issues of ensuring the quality of training of future specialists in socionomic professions in institutions of higher education institutions. The relevance of studying the specifics of training for professional activities of the socionomic type and the importance of such researches are due to the increasing importance and, accordingly, the spread of socio-forming activities in modern society.

Based on the analysis of the goals of education in various countries, the authors show that such goals are aimed not only at assimilating the amount of subject knowledge, but primarily provide for the harmonious development of the individual, the achievement of personal well-being.

The authors emphasize that socionomic professions, that is, professions in the “person ↔ person” system, differ in specific conditions, means, as well as in the specifics of the subject and product of labor. The main distinguishing feature, from the authors' point of view, is that socionomic professions are characterized by the absence of unique and strict requirements for the very process of professional activity, organized for a high-quality socially significant result (product of labor). That's why, high requirements are imposed on representatives of such professions, in accordance with the level of their responsibility, since other people are the object of labor for them.

The authors submit that professions of the socionomic type require specialists to intensify the development of a number of specific psychological qualities and abilities, including the ability to communicate; emotional stability, empathy, organizational qualities, etc. It is important that it is the purposeful formation and development of professional competence, which has these abilities in the core, should be a priority in the implementation of an information and educational environment for the training of specialists in socionomic professions in higher education institutions. Also, according to the authors' conviction, the main component of the educational process of training future specialists in this area is the socio-psychological organization of the loyalty of pedagogical workers, who, in the trend of modern challenges, effectively carry out activities to increase motivation, ensure emotional satisfaction, develop skills to prevent professional burnout, etc. in future specialists of socionomic professions.

The research presents a complex of structural and organizing components of the information and educational environment aimed at the development and self-improvement of the mentioned above qualities, which acts as a means of increasing the competitiveness of future specialists of socionomic professions in the labor market.

Keywords:

Higher education, information and educational environment, quality of education, pedagogue of higher education, socionomic professions.