Developing students’ transversal competences through cultivation of health literacy competence

• Authors: Tatyana Borova , Viktoriia Petrenko , Tetiana Ved , Vasyl Pyvovarov

Abstracts

EN

The recognition that transversal competences are increasingly needed to face the challenges of the ever-changing world has given rise to work examining students' development of transversal competences (TVCs) during their university time. This approach argues in favor of embedding transversal competences as well as health literacy competence and subject-based competences in curricula. The mini-study presented herein first posits a logical model for the integration of transversal competences in university curricula, supplemented with a qualimetric model comprising 6 factors associated with transversal competences. The resulting tools for transversal competence evaluation and self-assessment were next applied in a pilot questionnaire study of a small group of management students at a local university. Overall, the findings support the claim that students' TVC development requires a new educational paradigm based on a holistic approach to competence-based learning that involves the harmonious development of a person's TVCs and subject-based competences. Moreover, the results may serve as a reference for future studies on transversal competences and health literacy in particular, as well as for teachers and researchers in related fields.

Keywords

EN

transversal competences; health literacy competence; subject-based competences; holistic approach; competence-based education; qualimetric model

• Publisher: Sieć Badawcza Łukasiewicz - Instytut Lotnictwa
• Journal: Marketing Instytucji Naukowych i Badawczych
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 40
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 35-52

Dates

published

2021

Contributors

author

Tatyana Borova

• Simon Kuznets Kharkiv National University of Economics, Department of Pedagogy, Foreign Philology and Translation Nauky Ave. 9a, 61166, Kharkiv, Ukraine

• https://orcid.org/0000000317654425

author

Viktoriia Petrenko

• Simon Kuznets Kharkiv National University of Economics, Department of Pedagogy, Foreign Philology and Translation Nauky Ave. 9a, 61166, Kharkiv, Ukraine

• https://orcid.org/0000000172095107

author

Tetiana Ved

• Simon Kuznets Kharkiv National University of Economics, Department of Pedagogy, Foreign Philology and Translation Nauky Ave. 9a, 61166, Kharkiv, Ukraine

• https://orcid.org/0000000244404248

author

Vasyl Pyvovarov

• Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, Department of Cultural Studies st. Pushkinskaya, 77, 61024, Kharkiv, Ukraine

• https://orcid.org/0000000196423611

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/minib-2021-0008

Biblioteka Nauki

11236529