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

• Authors: Inna Pododimenko
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

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

Keywords

EN

vocational training; information technology specialists; skill standards; educational standards; certification; qualifications framework; competence; competency; knowledge; skills and abilities

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Comparative Professional Pedagogy
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 4
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 84-89

Dates

published

2014-06-01

online

2014-07-02

Contributors

author

Inna Pododimenko

• Khmelnytskyi National University Address: 11 Instytutska Str., Khmelnytskyi, 29016, Ukraine

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/rpp-2014-0024