scholarly journals Development of Professional Competence in Higher Education Topical for the Tourism Industry Labour Market

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Agita Doniņa
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Curriculum Design ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Professional Competencies ◽  
Continuous Development ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Doctoral Thesis ◽  
State Of Affairs

The topicality of the Doctoral Thesis “Development of Professional Competence in Higher Education Topical for the Tourism Industry Labour Market” was determined by the necessity to improve Latvian higher education to enhance the employability of graduates. The objective of the Doctoral Thesis is to form an approach to the continuous development of curricula, which would be based on the assessment of the importance of specific knowledge and skills required in the tourism industry labour market and the opportunities for their development in the higher education, thus providing students with opportunities to raise their professional competencies in line with the demands of the labour market. The theoretical chapters of the study consist of a comprehensive analysis of scientific literature and documents on the constituent parts of professional competence – knowledge and skills, as well as the essence of curricula and models developed for their improvement. The Thesis includes a thorough analysis of the essence of extracurricular study activities and an assessment of their practical application. The empirical part is formed by seven research stages assessing consecutively the requirements of the tourism industry labour market as well by an evaluation of the compliance of higher education curricula. The main outcomes reflect professional competencies required in the tourism industry labour market, the current state of affairs in the higher education curricula as well as reveal the discrepancy between the needs of employers in the tourism industry and the professional competencies developed by graduates of higher education institutions. The approach of a continuous development of curricula involving the development of a systemic and consecutive formation and perfection of curricula has been worked out on the basis of the acquired results. The approach provides for continuous development of curricula, therefore making it possible for students to develop topical professional competencies in the tourism industry. The curriculum design contained in the approach provides an opportunity to develop the professional competency required in the industry not only in the main components established by normative acts but also in the additional components of the design formed by extracurricular study activities and cooperation with the industry.

Current Requirements of the Society to the Professional Training of Specialists in Information Technology Industry in Japan

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 84-89
Author(s):  
Inna Pododimenko
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Information Communication Technology ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Quality Of Higher Education

Abstract The problem of professional training of skilled human personnel in the industry of information communication technology, the urgency of which is recognized at the state level of Ukraine and the world, has been considered. It has been traced that constantly growing requirements of the labour market, swift scientific progress require the use of innovative approaches to the training of future ІТ specialists with the aim to increase their professional level. The content of standards of professional training and development of information technologies specialists in foreign countries, particularly in Japan, has been analyzed and generalized. On the basis of analysis of educational and professional standards of Japan, basic requirements to the engineer in industry of information communication technology in the conditions of competitive environment at the labour market have been comprehensively characterized. The competencies that graduate students of educational qualification level of bachelor in the conditions of new state policy concerning upgrading the quality of higher education have been considered. The constituents of professional competence in the structure of an engineer-programmer’s personality, necessary on different levels of professional improvement of a specialist for the development of community of highly skilled ІТ specialists, have been summarized. Positive features of foreign experience and the possibility of their implementation into the native educational space have been distinguished. Directions for modernization and upgrading of the quality of higher education in Ukraine and the prospects for further scientific research concerning the practice of specialists in information technologies training have been suggested

scholarly journals Students’ Emotions as a Factor of their Professional Competence Development

2021 ◽  
pp. 64-71
Author(s):  
С.А. Гапонова ◽  
С.Г. Ловков
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Professional Development ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Coping Skills ◽  
Negative Emotions ◽  
Competence Development ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Professional Competencies ◽  
Development Of Students

В статье рассматривается вопрос о факторах, влияющих на развитие настоящего профессионализма, неразрывно связанного с профессиональной направленностью личности, субъектным отношением к деятельности. Одной из психических структур, связывающих профессиональное и личностное, являются профессиональные представления. Анализ современных эмпирических исследований показывает, что значительное развитие профессиональные представления получают во время обучения в системе высшего образования. Однако это развитие имеет значительные резервы. Гипотеза исследования состоит в том, что существуют факторы, значительно замедляющие развитие у студентов профессиональных представлений в процессе обучения. На основе анализа особенностей развития профессиональных представлений было выдвинуто предположение, что одним из таких факторов является частое возникновение у них негативных эмоциональных состояний. Для подтверждения этой гипотезы со студентами были проведены занятия по формированию навыка совладания с негативными переживаниями. В результате развитие профессиональных представлений у них значительно ускорилось. Таким образом, возникновение негативных переживаний, связанных с процессом обучения, является фактором, существенно замедляющим развитие профессиональных представлений. The article focuses on factors that influence the development of professional competencies, promotes people’s professional improvement, their involvement in their work. Professional insights serve as a bridge between the personal and the professional. The analysis of modern empirical research shows that higher education efficiently promotes the development of people’s professional insights. It also shows that people’s professional development has significant reserves. The hypothesis of the research consists in the assumption that there are certain factors that hinder the development of students’ professional insights in the process of education. The analysis of the peculiarities of professional insights development enables the authors of the article to assume that one of the factors is students’ predisposition towards negative emotions. To prove the hypothesis, students were engaged into learning activities aimed at the development of coping skills. The experiment showed that students’ professional insights were developed more efficiently and rapidly. Therefore, negative emotions associated with the process of education are a factor that significantly hinders the development of students’ professional insights.

scholarly journals Economic aspects of exports of educational services

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
International Education ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Economic Activity ◽  
Labour Supply ◽  
Educational Services ◽  
Educational Service ◽  
Economic Aspects ◽  
Education Services ◽  
Knowledge And Skills

Since exporting higher education is a type of economic activity, let us consider international education services as a special type of export commodity. In this case, the object of an educational service will be knowledge and skills, as well as the means of their identification, which are subsequently realised in the labour market in the form of labour supply.

scholarly journals Pedagogical Competence of the High School Teacher

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anastasiya Viktorovna Fakhrutdinova ◽  
Mayya Rashidovna Ziganshina ◽  
Veronika Alexandrovna Mendelson ◽  
Lyubov Grigorevna Chumarova
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
High School ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
School Teacher ◽  
High School Teacher ◽  
Optimal System ◽  
Professional Competencies ◽  
Pedagogical Competence

The need conditions the relevance of the article for the formation of higher education teachers’ pedagogical competence as the optimal system and purposeful work in this direction has not yet been formed. The goal of the article lies in the analysis of the study of the theoretical aspects of higher education teachers’ pedagogical competence and identifying the main types of professional competence. The leading approach to the study of this problem for the authors was their understanding of the concept of "competence", the distinction between the concepts of “qualification” and “competence”, as well as an understanding of the essence of higher school teacher’s pedagogical competence. The article presents a scheme of competencies of a higher school teacher, a distinction between key, subject and professional competencies. Taking into account the results of this study, it is possible to identify several scientific problems and promising areas that require further consideration: in particular, the development of new training programs for teachers of higher education institutions.

Pašvirzīta mācīšanās profesionālās kompetences pilnveidei

2020 ◽  
pp. 69-79
Author(s):  
Inese Ozola
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Lifelong Learning ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Work Situation ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Main Indicator ◽  
Learning Policies ◽  
Post Industrial

In the process of globalisation and integration, human knowledge and skills become outdated or insufficient very quickly. One needs to constantly improve them, as well as acquire new knowledge and skills to be able to fit in with the society and be competitive in the labour market. Lifelong learning is topical both for science and in the practice. In its context, a number of objectives are pursued, which are relevant to all citizens, depending on their age, place of residence, and social status. The objectives meet the interests and abilities of each individual, as well as the needs of economic development. Lifelong learning policies are related to personal fulfilment and determination which provide sustainable competences for work and personal growth. Lifelong learning is an adult education where the students themselves play a major role. In today’s post-industrial era, the responsibility for competitiveness in the labour market is increasing. In the labour market, the main indicator for person’s assessment is professional competence. Professional competence is not just the knowledge; it is skills and responsibility in a particular work situation. This particular work situation can be experienced in practical life, i.e. applying pragmatic approach to learning, however, not all educational institutions can provide it, and not every company is interested in investing in common vocational training. As a result, professionalism is one’s own responsibility, and self-directed informal learning is one of the simplest and most inexpensive ways of how to achieve it.

Creating a Knowledge Supply Chain for e-Tourism Curriculum Design

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 71-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fu Jing ◽  
Nopasit Chakpitak ◽  
Paul Goldsmith ◽  
Pradorn Sureephong ◽  
Taksina Kunarucks
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Curriculum Design ◽  
Gap Analysis ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Demand And Supply ◽  
Scor Model ◽  
Industry Needs

Higher education, as one of the most important knowledge providers and service suppliers to the society, is obliged to produce qualified intellectual products through the process of knowledge transfer and creation, which depends largely on the quality of knowledge and the way it is delivered within a curriculum. This research takes e-tourism, a relatively new discipline, as a case study, highlighting a knowledge supply chain is the potential solution to leverage the understanding of tourism industry needs and tourism curriculum provision. The paper begins with a competency gap analysis between knowledge demand and supply. It then applies the Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR) model to analyze the “as-is” situation of the present knowledge flow in curriculum design, and finally proposes a “to-be” conceptual framework by integrating tools and methods of knowledge management and supply chain management in a knowledge supply chain (KSC). This demonstrates that a KSC can help in achieving e-tourism requirements of higher education stakeholders at both industrial and academic levels.

scholarly journals Technology of forming students' foreign-language professional competence in the educational space of higher education institution

2019 ◽  
pp. 117-125
Author(s):  
Olena Kovtun
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Educational Activity ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Higher Education Institution ◽  
Empirical Observation ◽  
Knowledge And Skills

Educational space of a higher education institution constantly and continuously influences student’s personality as well as his / her developing as a competent specialist. The research was aimed at substantiating pedagogical technologies that optimize the process of forming students’ foreign-language professional competence within the educational space of a higher education institution. Theoretical (analysis, synthesis, comparison, systematization, pedagogical modelling), empirical (observation, pedagogical experiment, peer review method, reflexive evaluation method) and statistical methods were applied to achieve the set goal. Educational space of a higher education institution is defined as a purposefully created, methodically provided continuum of students’ foreign-language professional communication under conditions of which the development of their personality and effective formation of their foreign-language professional competence take place. Foreign-language professional competence as an integrative personality trait, determined by the synthesis of knowledge and skills, professional and life experience, values that ensure long-term readiness and ability to pursue professional activity in a foreign language, is developed effectively if the educational space of a higher education institution is multilingual and multicultural in its nature, broad, rich in foreign-language professional content, open, directed outwards. When designing educational space, it is necessary to rationally combine educational and non-educational components, provide in-class and out-of-class / extracurricular foreign-language educational and cognitive activities of students, use facilities of virtual educational environment, apply technics of contextual teaching, implement imitative and playing activities, interactive forms of training (games, project activity, case-study). In-class educational activity influences such components of foreign-language competence as “knowledge” and “skills”, whereas an extracurricular one aims at forming “values” and “experience”. Keywords: educational space of a higher education institution, foreign-language professional competence, virtual educational environment, educational and non-educational components, imitative and playing activities.

scholarly journals Formation of Professional Competence of Students of Technical Universities through Interdisciplinary Integration

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1S) ◽  
pp. 422-424
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Interdisciplinary Communication ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Education Today ◽  
Context Of Learning ◽  
Interdisciplinary Integration

The article is devoted to one of the most pressing challenges facing higher education today - the formation of professional competence of university students. The competitiveness of the labor market demands of today’s students meet modern requirements of economic development, and subsequently formed the competence ensure readiness of students for their professional activities. Therefore, the authors believe that the professional competence of students of technical colleges can begin to form in the first stage of training through the context of learning and interdisciplinary integration, since contextual training constructed professional skills of students to carry out engineering activities, including many aspects, and interdisciplinary communication, in turn, It combines their knowledge and skills from different disciplines, directs the final result - the professional competence. Formed quality will help future technicians holistically apply knowledge of different fields of science in their professional engineering and be competitive specialists in the conditions of modernization of modern enterprises.

scholarly journals A Study of Professional Competencies in Military University Teachers of Foreign Languages at Different Stages of Agency Formation

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 72-80
Author(s):  
V.I. Panov ◽  
M.V. Selezneva
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Discriminant Analysis ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Competence Development ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Professional Competencies ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Military Institution

The paper focuses on the outcomes of an empirical research of professional competence in linguistic disciplines instructors at a military institution of higher education from a position of ecopsychological model of agency formation. The sample of the research consisted of 38 instructors aged 25 to 76 years belonging to civilian staff. The paper considers what agency qualities the instructor should possess to perform the necessary didactic actions providing feedback and intensification of the educational process. The authors show unevenness of gradual formation of the instructor’s agency. Discriminant analysis of the obtained data revealed deeper differences between the stages of agency formation and influences of action-related characteristics (according to the terms of competence approach).As a result, the paper identifies four groups of instructors differing in their agency features and stages of professional competence development. Besides, the authors formulate the most appropriate conditions of teaching to release the instructor’s agency and implement the ‘subject’s self-transformation’.

scholarly journals Cybersecurity Skills in EU: New Educational Concept for Closing the Missing Workforce Gap

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Borka Jerman Blažič
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
Human Dimension ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Educational Concept ◽  
The World ◽  
Education Concept

Recruiting, retaining and maintaining a validated number of cybersecurity professionals in the workplace is a constant battle, not only for the technical side of cybersecurity, but also for the overlooked area of non-technical, managerial-related jobs in the cyber sector. For years, much of the focus within cyberspace has been on the technical needs of the underlying networks and services. Very little emphasis has been placed on the human dimension of cybersecurity. This lack of cybersecurity professionals is a major problem all over the world. To overcome it, current educational systems need to be re-shaped and cooperation introduced between the different stakeholders. This chapter presents and discusses the actions and the developments in the education concept of cybersecurity knowledge and skills intended to meet the needs of the labour market in the EU. The changes in the education prepared by the higher-education institutions and by professional training providers are presented and discussed.

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