Педагогические науки / 2. Проблемы подготовки
специалистов
Plyaka L, Svetocheva I.
National University of
Pharmacy
Individual work as a form of
teaching and learning
of students in higher pharmaceutical
institution
Today the
modern society requires higher education training of competitive specialists,
capable of doing creative work and professional development. The current state
of training of specialists in pharmacy requires finding new ways to improve
their theoretical training, availability for independent creative work.
Therefore today at the National Pharmaceutical University special attention is
given to individual self-improvement by means of education process of
interaction of teachers and students and improving of practical skills in the
chosen field of activity.
The
increase of professional and communicative competence of future professionals, in
our opinion, should be based on activity and independence of students,
development of their creative potential. According to the scientists (E. Gapon,
N. Helashvili, L. Dergach, L. Klimenko, D. Teteryna, V. Tyurina), the
system of higher education is designed to not only give students the knowledge,
form their professional skills, develop creative thinking, but also to provide
them with methods of searching and obtaining information necessary for further
professional activities.
One of
the conditions for increasing the learning process effectiveness is the
organization of individual work of students. Today the individual work of
students is a sufficient part of teaching and learning. It is an active
process, which provides constant enrichment of a student with new information,
it consists of different balance of reproductive and searching activities. Its
effectiveness determines the quality of professional training in pharmaceutical
high school [1]. V. Kozakov states that the goal of students' independent work
is twofold: the formation of self-sufficiency and adopting of knowledge and
skills. [1].
Individuality
in gaining the knowledge is defined by students’ own learning activities, which
ensure their internal needs, interest and ability to self-deploy their own
abilities and creative potential. During the self-teaching and learning the
students have the opportunity to purposefully and meaningfully motivate their
actions, identify and solve the problem, and deepen their knowledge. Their
learning activity becomes active and has focused substantial nature. It is
proved that the knowledge which was obtained by students alone, with their own
experience, thought and action becomes really substantial achievement.
Effectiveness
of students' independent work depends on the quality of planning, organizing
and the control regulation [1, p. 2]. The teacher must organize the purposeful management
of students’ activities, provide cognitive activity, problematic professional
orientation and individualization of learning. The quality of self-acquired
knowledge and psychological state of students is enhanced by careful planning,
organization and timely control students' individual work by the teacher.
According
to V. Tyurina, cognitive self-sufficiency is a quality of personality,
character which lies on the ability and desire to acquire knowledge and methods
of individually, basing on forceful effort [2, p.17]. Students are acquiring
skills of self-teaching and learning from the practical training especially
from the presence of scientific research elements. In these trainings students
are encouraged to build skills and use the algorithm for typical professional
situations and also to work with educational and reference books, etc.
Individual tasks allow all students to work individually, taking into account
their level of knowledge. However, the teacher has the opportunity to assess
individual skills and knowledge of students and to change task, taking into
account its size and complexity, that is to deliberately manage the students’
cognitive activity. The result of learning is determined by individual and
psychological characteristics of students, their previous training and professional
skill of teachers.
Thus,
self-sufficient study of students is the most important form of training,
during which the main task of teachers is to teach students to individually
choose the scientific literature and work on it, develop creative personality
capable of self-improvement and self-education.
Self-learning
activity encourages independence, initiative, discipline, accuracy, sense of
responsibility needed in the future specialist training and professional
activity.
Reference sources
1. Козаков В.А.
Самостоятельная работа студентов и её информационно-методическое обеспечение /
В.А.Козаковю – К.: Вища школа, 1990.
2. Тюріна В.О.
Пізнавальна самостійність школярів / В.О.Тюріна. – Харків. : ХДПІ, 1993. –
143с.