AN INNOVATIVE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT FOR FORMING PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCY IN FUTURE SKILLED WORKERS

Abstract

The article analyzes the essence of such a concept as “an innovative educational environment” and defines its content for vocational education institutions. It illustrates the work experience of teaching staff in educational institutions in creating an innovative educational environment and forming professional competency in future workers. It also describes the main approaches to creating an innovative educational environment in vocational education institutions for vocational training of future skilled workers. They include humanistic approaches (anthropocentrism, relationship harmony, forming intellectual culture); systemic approaches (improving an educational environment as a holistic developing system); informational approaches (a sufficient level of information culture); innovative approaches (creative interaction, forming readiness for future professional activity). Based on the practical experience of vocational education institutions in Ukraine, pedagogical conditions for creating and maintaining an informational educational environment in educational institutions were singled out: partnership cooperation, respect and trust of all participants in the educational process; focus on development and self-development of every individual; creative activity; an effective use of scientific and methodological, material and technical capabilities and human resources of educational institutions; employment of personality-oriented innovative pedagogical technologies. The emphasis is placed on the importance of implementing personality-oriented pedagogical technologies in the educational process. It is shown that vocational education teachers have different views on the approaches to creating an innovative educational environment. However, it is agreed that the process of creating an innovative educational environment significantly influences the processes of forming and developing professional skills in teachers, strengthening professional relations between them, facilitating pedagogical innovations.