Vol. 1 No. 30 (2025)
Professional Pedagogics

Professional Pedagogics

FEATURES OF THE SELECTION FOR THE PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES OF INSTRUCTORS IN THE VOCATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION SYSTEM

Published 08.05.2025

  • Volodymyr Karpenko

Volodymyr Karpenko
Національний університет оборони України , National University of Defense of Ukraine

Abstract

Relevance: The issues of selection and training of instructors for professional activities within the system of professional military education remain insufficiently developed. The introduction of a new model for training Ukrainian citizens and the establishment of corresponding structural units in higher education institutions and educational institutions with specific learning conditions further underscores the urgency of this matter.

Objective: To identify tasks aimed at improving the selection of instructors for professional activities in training military specialists within the system of professional military education.

Methods: To achieve the stated objective, methods of systemic and comparative analysis of scientific sources were employed to determine the specifics of training military specialists within the system of professional military education under conditions of martial law in the country. Methods of systematization and generalization were used to identify the main directions for implementing the task of selecting instructors for professional activities within the system of professional military education, in the context of implementing the Concept of Transformation of the Military Education System.

Results: An analysis of scientific sources was conducted, highlighting the issue of selection and training of instructors for professional activities within the system of professional military education as an insufficiently developed area. The specifics of modern training of military specialists were identified, taking into account the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation’s army into Ukrainian territory. Relevant characteristics of military specialists who can be involved in the professional training of military personnel within the system of professional military education were proposed, in the context of three main stages of their selection for instructor positions. A conceptual vision and prospective directions for implementing the task of selecting instructors for professional activities within the system of professional military education were outlined, enabling high-quality selection of instructional staff for training military personnel within the military education system.

Conclusions: It was established that to improve the selection of instructors for professional activities in training military specialists within the system of professional military education, the following measures are necessary: establish a career monitoring system for sergeants in higher military educational institutions of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, military training units of higher education institutions, and institutions of professional pre-higher military education; develop methodological recommendations for the procedure of selecting and training instructors within the system of professional military education; apply a comprehensive approach to selecting sergeants as candidates for instructor roles; develop standard requirements for instructors and a methodology for their evaluation; provide for and organize annual external evaluations of instructors at higher military educational institutions of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, military training units of higher education institutions, and institutions of professional pre-higher military education; ensure proper individual development of sergeants by offering choices for advanced training courses and preparing them through advanced-level training courses for sergeant-instructor duties; establish a model of an instructor-leader and provide motivational factors at their workplace to support career advancement prospects.

Keywords

military education, higher military educational institutions, instructor, training of military specialists, professional military education.

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Author Biography

Volodymyr Karpenko

Doctor of Philosophy, leading researcher of the scientific research department of problems of the development of military education and science of the National University of Defense of Ukraine, http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3699-353Х, e-mail: vskarpenko88@gmail.com

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