MODELLING OF PROFESSIONAL TRAINING OF SPECIALISTS IN THE DUAL FORM OF EDUCATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS OF GERMAN-SPEAKING COUNTRIES

Abstract

The problem of the shortage of demanded, qualified, competitive mobile specialists is one of the most pressing issues today. Its solution depends on the interaction of public authorities, stakeholders, and educational institutions and the introduction of a dual form of education. Dual education (duales studium) is a well-known global educational trend that has gained popularity and development in Germany. This form of education implies that students learn the theory at university and acquire practical competencies in the workplace, i.e., in a particular organization, solving actual professional tasks. The article highlights the issues of modernization of training in modern European higher education institutions based on dual education. Some aspects, features, principles, and methods of this form of education are reflected. To achieve this goal, the author used several scientific and pedagogical methods: studying the literature on the research topic; studying and summarizing foreign experience in training specialists in dual mode of education in higher education institutions (HEIs) of German-speaking countries; analysis and synthesis; systematization; comparison; modeling; design; interviewing students in dual mode of education, their expert evaluation. The competencies of modern specialists that will ensure professional self-realization of the individual, his demand in the labor market, and sustainable development of the state economy are defined and characterized. Some issues of modeling the professional training process of students on the principles of the dual form of education are identified. It is noted that this form of training is a dynamic structure. It is stated that using elements of the dual form of education in the educational process of higher education institutions will contribute to the formation of specialists with a higher and more modern level of competence. Modeling the process of professional training of specialists based on the dual form of education makes it possible to apply active teaching methods, which is now a priority in modern education. The author considers identifying and characterizing priority areas for the development of dual education to systematically improve the process of training specialists to be areas for further research.