The article is devoted to the peculiarities of implementation of case-method as one of the most interactive methods in higher education practice. Particularly the article describes the experience of case-study usage as an effective condition for the formation of research competence of the future biology teachers in the process of teaching natural sciences. According to the results of the survey conducted among biology teachers case method is used by 11,5 % respondents only. The survey among final-year students shows similar results – as only 15,8 % future biology teachers are ready to implement case study method at their lessons. The reasons of lack of case-study implementation while teaching natural sciences in higher educational establishments are analyzed in this article and represented together with the possible solutions of this problem. The definition of case study method is given in the article. The initial stages and peculiarities of case method’s implementation are shown and generalized: the rules of method creation, the algorithm of its usage and evaluation of students’ work. The role of a teacher as a tutor while implementing the case-method is determined separately. Different classifications of cases are given in the article as well as main peculiarities of research cases. It is ascertained that the usage of case-method in educational process is favorable to the development of the complex of research features and abilities: orientation in the informational space, self-sufficiency while organizing and conducting an experiment, presenting the results of own researches, usage of acquired knowledge and skills in typical and non-typical professional conditions, the ability to work in the team etc. The advantages of case method as well as the difficulties of its implementation in the studying process are stated. The examples of cases in age physiology, school health, human ecology and zoology are given. In prospect is trying-out of the effectiveness of case-study method in the process of students’ field practice on zoology.
The article analyzes the experience of forming professional and communicative competency of future social workers in the education systems of Western European countries, in particular, France, Germany and Switzerland. On the basis of generalization of the studied data it has been found out that each country has its own techniques of forming professional and communicative competency of social workers, which are peculiar to its own specific character and based on the well-established traditions of a particular society. At the same time it has been defined that basic qualities which social workers should have for efficient professional and communicative activity (striving for communication, ability to establish communicative interaction with different members of society, knowledge of professional speech etiquette etc.) are common for all countries. The content of the forming professional and communicative competency of students in the education systems of France, Germany and Switzerland has been analyzed. Forms and methods used in the educational process in order to develop professional and communicative competency of the future social workers have been defined. It has been found out that the theoretical training of students is closely linked to the usage of acquired communication skills and habits in the process of practical training, which is given much study time aimed at obtaining by the students a maximum professional experience in the real terms of communicative interaction. It has been defined that a modern pattern of forming professional and communicative competency of future social workers in the higher educational establishments of Ukraine should be created in the unity of social factors of our country and foreign experience.
Praca przedstawia dokładną analizę teoretyczną oraz badania mające na celu zweryfikowanie możliwości rozwoju umiejętności komunikacyjnych w języku angielskim u uczniów posiadających zaburzenia w spektrum autyzmu. W pierwszej części autorzy prezentują informacje dotyczące opisywanego zaburzenia, a także związek między dogłębnym zrozumieniem autyzmu, zastosowaniem odpowiedniej terapii, włączeniem konkretnych metod nauczania a efektywnym nauczaniem umiejętności komunikacji. Jak pokazuje literatura, rozwijanie kompetencji językowych może mieć również walory terapeutyczne, co więcej, zastosowanie odpowiednich technik nauczania powoduje znaczną poprawę zdolności komunikacji w języku angielskim u dzieci autystycznych. Dlatego też w kolejnej części pracy przedstawiono wyniki pracy autorów z uczennicą cierpiącą na zespół Aspergera, a na koniec ukazano wnioski z badania.
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This paper reports the findings of research that the author conducted in order to investigate the development of English communication skills in learners with autistic spectrum disorders. Information and background about the issue is followed by a brief analysis of theory as presented in the literature. In the first part of the paper, the authors examine the relationship between appropriate therapy, understanding the disorder, using specific teaching methods, and the effective learning of communication skills in English. As shown in the literature, learning a language can bring therapeutic benefits and the use of particular teaching techniques has great effects on the development of English communication skills in autistic children. Furthermore, the subsequent part of the paper presents the results of the author’s work with a student suffering from Asperger’s syndrome. The paper ends with conclusions drawn as a result of the case study.
The system of training judoists-veterans with the use of interactive methods of pedagogical influence came forward in the article of research. The complicated character of the professionally-personal development of judoists-veterans on the basis of interactive methods of pedagogical influence stipulated the system-functional approach, and also the use of historically-logical and psychology-pedagogic analysis of the problem studied. In the course of research, the conceptions and theories, presented in researches of domestic and foreign scientists and practical workers, studying the psychology-pedagogic problems of technical and psychological training of veterans of the sport and their self-development have been used. The positive character of mutual influence of sporting activity and professional-personal development of judoists-veterans has been determined. The necessity to use interactive technologies for the construction of the modern sporting-pedagogical systems has been grounded, their role and high efficiency in the professionally-personal development of judoists-veterans have been exposed. It is well-proven that judo training, correct and positive way of life influence favourably the judoists-veterans’ health.
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