Methodological work in professional (vocational) education schools of restaurant service profile as a further education tool for masters of vocational training

Abstract

It highlights the need to improve methodological work in professional (vocational) education (henceforth P(V)E) schools of restaurant service profile as a further education tool for masters of vocational training (henceforth VET masters) to ensure quality training for future qualified workers in this field. The key provisions of local state legislative and normative documents on organising methodological work in P(V)E schools are described. It represents t scientific papers insights those reflect methodological work importance for upgrading teaching employees’ professional competence. Flagship approaches have been determined, the core ones for managing the process of professional competence development for masters of vocational training: acmeological, axiological, andragogical,

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Various aspects of methodological work processes in P(V)E schools are revealed. The possibilities for managing methodological work in different ways (traditional, non-traditional) as a further education tool for VET masters are considered. To traditional forms of methodological work belong collective (pedagogical council, instructive and methodological meetings, methodological commissions, pedagogical skilling schools, pedagogical readings) and individual (self-education, individual consultations, mentoring). Non-traditional methodological work processes forms are characterised, they are methodological benefits, festival, price ring, fairs of pedagogical ideas and findings.

Based on quality diagnostics results on VET masters professional activity in Khmelnytskyi centre for VET of service sector with catering industry skilled workers, three groups of VET masters were differentiated: the ones who work creatively, the ones with a sound way of working and the ones who need heightened attention. The comparative analysis on quality results dynamics (thanks to using different methodological ...