Keyword: «event design method»

The relevance of the research is determined by the government policy aimed at increasing the level of interest in education, as well as the development of educational skills of students – future counselors – specialists working in children's health camps. The problem of developing educational skills among university students, primarily in pedagogical areas of training, who are preparing to work in children's health camps as counselors, is particularly urgent in a new socio-cultural situation. Counselors are required today to have a range of special educational skills, such as communication, planning, creative thinking, responsibility, flexibility, tolerance, empathy, knowledge of child physiology, the ability to ensure safety and create comfortable conditions for children, to analyze external circumstances, to understand the processes of education, and to apply knowledge in practice. The aim of the article is to diagnose the development of educational skills among students – future counselors – using the event design method. The methodological basis of the research is the idea of using event design to develop the educational skills of future counselors. Its concept is to create a unique atmosphere during classes which correspond to the goals and themes of educational activities in a children's health camp. The key research methods are the theoretical analysis of sources on the problem, the empirical method of questioning students – future counselors - and the interpretation of their answers. The main results of the study are: a) determining the composition (structure) of the required minimum skills in the educational activities of counselors in children's health camps; b) developing the content and logic through the stages of diagnosing the formation of these skills; c) presenting the results of the analysis of empirical survey data as the evidence of the idea of productive using the event design method to develop the educational skills of counselors in children's health camps. The theoretical significance of the article lies in highlighting the application of the event design method as a new pedagogical paradigm of developing educational skills of preservice camp counselors at the training stage at the university. The practical significance of the work is due to the effectiveness of using the event design method for the development of educational skills among students – future counselors. The article will be useful for students, teachers and specialists interested in the development of educational skills among preservice counselors.