PEDAGOGICAL TECHNOLOGY FOR DEVELOPING PROFESSIONALLY IMPORTANT QUALITIES IN MID-LEVEL SPECIALISTS, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE

In connection with the transition to a digital society, the requirements for professionally important qualities in mid-level specialists have changed significantly. Based on the analysis of international experience, current trends in the training of mid-level specialists are identified: the development of broad-profile professional training, the introduction of transprofessionalism and lean manufacturing principles into teaching practice, deepening general education and developing “soft” skills, etc. Taking into account international experience, the predicted needs of the labor market, and employers’ requests, groups of professionally important qualities of mid-level specialists are identified: motivational and developmental (hard work, desire for self-development, etc.), functional and activity-based (knowledge of the basics of performing professional activities, the ability to adapt to new working conditions in modern society, etc.), moral and behavioral (civic and patriotic position, compliance with moral standards of behavior, etc.). To raise the level of development of professionally important qualities, it is proposed to use the pedagogical technology to develop professionally important qualities in mid-level specialists in the mechanical engineering profile described in the article, taking into account international experience. The technology was developed based on a number of approaches (systemic, functional-activity, competence) and principles (focus on the best international practices, integrity and consistency, practical orientation, development of personal-activity characteristics of students, ensuring the objectivity of monitoring the achieved results). The technology contains conceptual, content and procedural components. To assess the level of development of professionally important qualities, a criteria-diagnostic apparatus was developed, including four criteria (motivational, cognitive, operational and moral) and three main levels (basic, optimal, and advanced) of development. The results of the study can be used in the activities of colleges and technical schools, in the development and implementation of educational programs for secondary vocational education, and in assessing the quality of training mid-level specialists.

professionally important qualities, mid-level specialist, secondary vocational education, personnel training, labor market needs, education modernization, international experience, pedagogical technology, “soft” skills, criteria-di- agnostic apparatus

Vasilieva M. V. Pedagogical technology for developing professionally important qualities in mid-level specialists, taking into account international experience. Biznes. Obrazovanie. Pravo = Business. Education. Law. 2025;2(71):519—524. DOI: 10.25683/VOLBI.2025.71.1322.