A.V. Vishnevskaya,
al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Kazakhstan, Almaty
E-mail: spskaznu@mail.ru
Methods of teaching of
professional-ethical foundations of social work in higher educational
institutions
Discipline
is Professional-ethical foundations of social work» is included in the training
of students of specialty «Social pedagogy and self-cognition» in Al-Farabi
Kazakh National University.
The tasks of
discipline are the following:
• studying
the place, role, essentially, the typology of professionally significant values
in social work;
• the
ethical basis of social work;
• main
stages of formation and development of axiological bases of social work;
• features
of ethical values, regulation of activities and relationships in the system of
social work;
• code of
ethics of social work;
• ethical
issues in social work and its individual species;
•
professional ethical requirements professiogram social
worker.
In teaching
the discipline «Professional and ethical foundations of social work» applies
competence approach to the monitoring and evaluation of training results. At
the end of the study course «Professional and ethical foundations of social
work, the student should possess the following competencies:
• possess
knowledge in the field of ethical and axiological and ethical foundations of
social work, to know their basic elements and the relationships between them;
• be able to
apply the system of ethical and axiological approach to the analysis of essence
and content, forms and methods of social work and its separate types and also
relevant social reality;
• know the
basic stages of formation and development of professional-ethical foundations
of social work, their features, be able to identify, validate and analyze
trends in the development of values and ethical foundations of social work;
• to master
the skills of ethical and axiological analysis of processes, events,
situations, attitudes, actions, documents, etc.;
• know the
basic components of the hierarchy of professional values of social work, its
determinants;
• know the
meaning and content of the professional duty of a social worker,
• know the main provisions the professional ethics code, to be able to interpret
them in a specific situation;
• be able to
identify areas of value and ethical contradictions and conflicts in social
work, to master the skills of their resolution;
• to master
the skills of values and ethical self-assessment and self-management, self-education
and self-improvement.
Competence approach
is one of the effective approaches to the assessment of student learning
outcomes. After all, in today's system of education the student is confronted
with a vast array of information, it is overwhelmed with information. There are
various sources of information. Therefore, a professional or a specialist we cannot
call that person who is merely memorize obtained in the University knowledge,
and who knows where to find the answer to any question arising, whether at
school or professional activity. In other words, he knows methodology of
formation of the request. That is, this implies not just a theoretical
knowledge, but the ability to solve any practical problems that will arise in
the future graduate, when he will start to perform professional activity. The
situation today Kazakhstan education is largely similar to what was described
in the work of the French philosopher Leotard «the postmodern Condition».
He predicted
that the development of information networks will create such a number of
libraries and archives (not in the classic sense, where it is stored in hard
copy) that keep track of the latest new books in any field of science becomes
difficult. «...because we must teach the students something: not content even
while using the terminal, i.e., on the one hand, new languages, and for
another, more subtle treatment of such a language game as asking: where to
address the question of how to articulate it, in order to avoid ridicule, etc.»
[1, p.123]. Internet library, rating system of citation (Scopus, Thomson
Reuters) no longer something out of science fiction but a reality for
Kazakhstani students and teachers, and scientists. Even with the condition that
the student will hack all disciplines, already in a year or two will see the
new information in its field of activity. «In the game with incomplete
information are the benefits of one who knows or can obtain additional
information. This is, by definition, the situation of the student in the
learning process» [1].
Also, in
order to fully describe their vision of this problem, I think, we should turn
to the analysis of the concept of «competence» in pedagogy and psychology, as
taught discipline «Professional and ethical foundations of social work» is
highly practical socio-pedagogical work. According to A. M. Arons competence is
this «willingness» specialist to engage in the certain activity [2]. Directly
in the education of the student competence acts as a certain connection of two
types of activity, namely: this is educational and the future is practical.
According to A. Kuzmina, A.K. Mynbayeva and Z.M.Sadvakasova competence
is this ownership ZUN, accumulation of experience of creative activity, of the
emotional-volitional relations, integrated with the initial experience of
professional activity, as well as the appearance of the wisdom of personality,
ability to use acquired ZUN in standard and non-standard situations with good
efficiency. Remember the adage that wisdom comes with experience [3, 20-21].
After studying this discipline a student, we can estimate the degree of development of
the competence of students, we have the
opportunity to develop the acquired competence to a higher level using the disciplines that will be studied later (in the following
courses of study).
On
discipline «Professional and ethical foundations of social work» actively
applied oral, written, practical methods of monitoring and evaluation of
training results, and apply psychological self-control of the progress of
mental processes personality called introspection. Among oral control methods
applied communications, which students prepare independently or together with
the teacher (i.e. it is the area closest and actual development of the
student). In the course of the study subjects, the following are written
inspection methods: essay writing, drawing up schemes and tables, and prepare a
list and brief descriptions of the normative-legal documents regulating
professional and ethical foundations of social work, the Colloquium. Special
attention in the discipline of «Professional and ethical foundations of social
work» is paid to practical training. This is because of the socio-educational
activity is aimed at the work in the system «man-man» and requires the
availability of certain practical ZUN. Students receive a list of problem
tasks, where they are asked to solve a professional issue, not breaking the
ethical code of a social pedagogue. When solving these tasks students are often
faced with the moral and ethical dilemmas, survived the situation is difficult
moral choice, become mentally strong, morally prepared and professionally
savvy. This approach to the methods of control of learning outcomes a
«grinding» a model of the student conduct-a future professional in typical
situations, to eliminate common errors that occur most beginners, professional,
and creative CDS and SRSP develop creative approach to the decision of
professional problems, and develop creative (unconventional) thinking,
imagination and creativity of the student.
Conducting seminars using psychological exercises and techniques allows
students to learn about themselves, their positive and negative sides, to
develop their personal and professional I work with professional expectations,
fears, stereotypes, etc. Thus, «we ideally can get student, who developed and
the left and right hemisphere, ready to work in all situations, stress
resistant, able and willing to work and develop.
While
studying the discipline «Professional and ethical foundations of social work»
monitoring learning outcomes passes through the following stages: preliminary,
current, final.
When students first to begin the study of a discipline, they fill in a special
form in which to describe their views and expectations from the course.
Students may also propose amendments to the discipline as a discipline is
elective and developed recently. Weekly lecturer accepts students CDS and SRSP,
assistant Professor hear the answers of the students at the Seminary (practical
classes), conducts training exercises and techniques. With the weekly evaluation
and control of learning outcomes is effective feedback option. Feedback is a
key moment in the teaching of socio-pedagogical disciplines. It is held every
lecture and seminar, allowing you to receive current information about the
progress of the learning process each student. I.e. if a gap in knowledge of
the students, it will be promptly removed. If such procedure is not made on
time, the return process in the initial stage it will be very problematic.
On week 7
students take the first boundary control in the form of the Colloquium and
receive from 1 to 100 points. Boundary control allows to estimate the degree of
assimilation of the students passed the theoretical material and on the basis
of mastering a smooth transition to the second practical module. In week 15 of
students pass the Colloquium (RK2) on the covered topics and start preparing
for the exam. Passing 2 midterm control, students show how well they have
learned the theoretical and practical block discipline. After training, you can
judge the degree of assimilation of the ZUN, the development of students '
competencies. The exam is a final stage of the monitoring and evaluation of
student learning outcomes.
While
studying the discipline «Professional and ethical foundations of social work»
applies personality-oriented model of training and supervision of the training
results. I.e. in the center of the model is the student's personality, which is
becoming the goal, by subject, by the criterion of the efficiency of the
overall learning process. Disclosure and implementation of each individual
student in the learning process, in the future professional work, life becomes
the dominant position of the entire theory of the training of professional and
ethical foundations of social work. Plus student-centered learning model and
control, which is applied in the study of discipline is the prevalence of
subject-subject relations. The instructor and student are in the process of
teaching equal partners and participants of pedagogical process. The object of activity
of the teacher and the student becomes a holistic educational process. It is
also important that the personality-oriented education model and control is
required from the student's knowledge of the process of development and
self-development. And ZUN, on self-knowledge and self-development, knowledge of
other people for social pedagogues are dominant.
Personality-oriented
education and control is based on reflection. Apply pedagogical, psychological,
critical and other forms of reflection. Reflection is capable of evaluating and
monitoring the personality itself, because it is a call to his past experience
that allows you to understand yourself as a person and a professional. Azam
reflection of the students study at the 1st course. On the 4th course, when
students study the discipline «Professional and ethical foundations of social
work», they are already professionally conduct a process of reflection,
introspection, self-knowledge, self-development, self-improvement.
Argument for the use of student-centered learning model and control is the
humanist basis of the applied model. Any representative of pedagogical and
psychological profession associated with working with people should be a
humanist and follow the principles of humanism. If humanism is «permeate» the
whole process of training and supervision of students ' learning outcomes, to
instill universal values, moral and ethical principles can be faster and more
efficient. And last (but not in order of importance) is the fact that during
the personal-oriented education and control, we are able to synthesize
intelligence, affective (emotional-volitional sphere and students ' actions.
Thus, we are not centered only on the development of cognitive sphere of
student's personality, but also develop it through the emotional-volitional
sphere (i.e. emotional intelligence, emotional responses to events, will) and
activity sphere (motives, actions and desires). Applying such a system, we
approach the development of the student as a personality harmonious, competitive
and mobile.
Certainly,
from a properly set-up of monitoring and evaluation of training results,
largely depends on the effectiveness of the training process and accordingly
assimilation ZUN students. Therefore, the system requires constant improvement
to meet the actual needs of the society and education.
The demand discipline «Professional and ethical foundations of social work» due
to the fact that in the course of its research is the formation of the students
' holistic, system views about values-ethical foundations of social work and
professional morals specialists of social work, as well as forming the
Foundation of values and ethical thinking specialist of social work.
The list of
used sources:
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A., problems and prospects of implementation of a competence approach in
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A.K., Sadvakasova Z.M. Innovative teaching methods or As interesting teach: a
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