Soft Skills Development of Prospective Educators by Means of Problem-Based ESP Learning

• Authors: Natalia Dmitrenko , Inna Dolia , Sofiya Nikolaeva

Abstracts

EN

The article deals with the implementation of problem-based ESP learning in the educational process of prospective educators and shows its impact on development of softskills. The purpose of the study is to make theoretical hypotheses about the effectiveness of problem-based ESP learning for prospective educators and to test their level of softskills development empirically following its implementation. The article represents an overview of the main goals, principles and stages of problem-based ESP learning. The results of the study show that problem-based ESP learning empowers prospective educators with valuable softskills (critical thinking; independent search for information; analysis of information; cooperation with groupmates; emotional intelligence; solution of complex tasks; partner relationship with tutor) and motivates students to improve their ability to achieve good results in the educational process.

Keywords

EN

problem-based learning (PBL); stages of problem-based ESP learning; model of problem-based ESP learning; soft skills

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: The New Educational Review
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 60
• Pages: 124-134

Dates

published

2020

Contributors

author

Natalia Dmitrenko

• Vinnytsia Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi State Pedagogical University

author

Inna Dolia

• Vinnytsia Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi State Pedagogical University

author

Sofiya Nikolaeva

• Kyiv National Linguistic University

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/tner.20.60.2.10

Biblioteka Nauki

1963539