Features of practical training of students (future social teachers) at universities

The main purpose of the article is to study the features and prospects of practical training of students (future social teachers) at universities. At the present stage, pedagogical education in each country, while maintaining the acquired national experience, is being reformed and is gradually entering the world educational space. The training of specialists for the socio-pedagogical sphere at universities began relatively recently. In this regard, and the specifics of the process of formation and development of the profession, the practical training of social teachers is focused on the formation of the necessary professional skills, the formation of sustainable motivation for active professional activity. In the process of professional growth and development of the competence of a social pedagogue, socio-pedagogical practice is inferior in its significance, perhaps, only directly to the practical activity itself. This type of practical training, along with the theoretical aspects of training, provides the student-trainee not only with practical skills, but also with individual, long-term consultations - conversations with a mentor. As a result of the study, the main aspects of the practical training of students (future social teachers) at universities were identified.