Keyword: «adult education»

The article describes the psychological problems that arise in the process of adult learning. Presented results of the study describe the specifics of adult learning.

The paper is devoted to the topical issues of continuing education, prerequisites of its origin, essence and mechanisms of implementation. On the basis of a wide range of the primary sources the author finds out psychoeducational aspects of LLL (lifelong learning) concept, educational processes which are synonymous to the concept under discussion and governmental support mechanisms of its realization. Especial attention is paid to the continuous learning programmes in Great Britain and the ways they are carried out by the educational establishments of the country.

The socio-economic conditions of post-industrial society determine the instability of the labor market, which affects the growing demand for short-term vocational training. Similar programs are implemented by formal education organizations in areas suffering from personnel hunger. These include professions of high social significance – paramedical personnel, ordinary and junior commanding officers of internal affairs bodies, etc. The problem of designing vocational training for such individuals is the need for scientifically based optimization of the learning process in accordance with the idea expressed by Yu.K. Babansky, that is, achieving the maximum possible learning results in the field of knowledge, skills and values of the profession while spending the necessary and sufficient resources. The purpose of this article is to describe a variant of its solution based on humanitarian-anthropological methodology. The author analyzed the theory and practice of designing short-term vocational training in Russia and abroad, and identified the main trends in their development. The chosen methodology makes it possible to determine the main way to optimize the short-term educational process using the example of training persons first recruited to serve in the internal affairs bodies of the Russian Federation. It implements the idea of an event-based topic as a syncretic construct of educational content, which combines the knowledge and emotional-value components of information new to students. Eventfulness reduces the time of its assimilation due to the emergence of impressions from culturally consistent norms of professional activity, their comprehension on the basis of existing experience and self-determination. The sequence of stages of designing short-term vocational training is presented. The diagnostic stage is aimed at collecting and analyzing data that is significant for the teaching staff to formulate ideas about both the collective and individual subjects of future educational interaction. The stage of structuring the content of education involves the creation of event supports – authentic service situations of choosing actions based on the values of the profession. At the third stage, specific methods and forms of presenting event supports are selected. Selection criteria: dialogicity, reflexive potential. The final stage involves the creation of a final educational product (mini-text, diagram, algorithm, action formula on the topic of the lesson), which will serve as a support for updating new knowledge. The difficulties of implementing the proposed design option include the presence of andragogical competence. The prospect of the study is to identify ways to optimize vocational training on other methodological grounds, using other methods of transforming content, mechanisms for combining them with andragogical didactic methods.

The necessity and complexity of the process of training the line personnel of cleaning companies determine the relevance of this study. The necessity for a job-training program is related to the continuously developing market of professional equipment and chemical special products, which leads to constant changes in cleaning technology. The complexity of the training process lies in the fact that a significant part of the employees are people of pre-retirement and retirement age, the effectiveness of whose training depends on their social, cognitive and psychological characteristics. The purpose of the research work is to identify the specific features and determine the conditions for effective training of adults engaged in professional activities in the field of cleaning services. The following research methods were used: 1) andragogical analysis of the specifics of training cleaning workers; 2) a retrospective look at the problem of adult training from the perspective of the author's own experience; 3) a survey of students; 4) systematic monitoring of the process of providing cleaning services; 5) statistical processing of the results. The analysis of literature and official Internet sources revealed the absence of scientific works on the study of andragogical aspects of education and training for this category of workers. The study found that the education and training of elderly people with a low level of education is possible only with the implementation of the main principle of rapid demand for theoretical knowledge in practical activity. The only motive for professional growth is the fear of losing additional income. Professional efficiency of the teacher, who knows the basics of andragogy, creation of special learning conditions and constant quality control of the services provided by the customer increase the effectiveness of the process. The novelty of the work lies in a first comprehensive study of the training process of cleaning workers taking into account the specifics of professional activity and andragogy. The scientific approach based on andragogical principles provides the opportunity to solve the problem of adult education with a low level of motivation and reveals promising directions for optimizing and increasing the effectiveness of the process. The practical significance of the work is due to the fact that the results obtained are important for the development of a strategy for professional development at an older age, which will determine the technologies of psychological and pedagogical support for employees of cleaning companies, improving their professional efficiency and the quality of services provided. The data obtained are recommended for inclusion in training programs for specialists in the field of cleaning organization, as well as for employees of cleaning companies who directly train line personnel.