UDC 378:37.013.42+364-322 CONTENTS AND FORMS OF PRACTICAL TRAINING FOR FUTURE SOCIAL WORKERS TO ORGANIZE STUDENTS' VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES

DOI : https://doi.org/10.51706/2707-3076-2020-2-15

Keywords: future social workers, practical training, practice, volunteering, students

Abstract

The article focuses on the importance of practical training for future social workers in terms of organizing students' volunteer activities. The author has analyzed scientific approaches to professional training of Social Work students (specialty 231) and the role of volunteering in this process. It has been found that the system of vocational training for social sphere professionals comprises three core components: theoretical, research and practical ones which are implemented throughout the period of study at a higher education institution.

The author argues that occupational training lays special emphasis on the practical component which can be effectively implemented through inclusion of training practices and extra-curricular activities in the educational process.

The article describes types and role of training practices in the system of students' practical training and defines the mechanism of their implementation. It shows that educational organizational practice is most suitable for being complemented with tasks aimed at practical preparedness of future social workers to organize students' volunteering. The author defines the purpose, tasks, and objects of educational organizational practice, as well as forms of its realization, and provides detailed information on tasks packed with volunteering content.

The article describes two main areas of the student volunteering centre activity: educational and practical ones. It also presents Volunteer Education for Students program aimed at understanding the value of volunteering in human life and enhancing participants' knowledge of and skills in planning, organizing, managing, implementing, evaluating and forecasting students' volunteer activities.

The article presents the agenda and structure of cessions in educational training, peculiarities of realizing practical activities in the work of the student volunteering centre through volunteer events that engage students, including festivals, marathons, projects, programs etc. which are aimed at building positive motivation in terms of volunteering and gaining experience in real volunteer work with students.

Author Biography

Kateryna Chervonenko, Khortytsia National Educational and Rehabilitation Academy

Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences

Published
2024-03-03