ERIC Number: EJ1124734
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Sep
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Professional Training of Economists at Polish Universities
Ogienko, Olena
Comparative Professional Pedagogy, v6 n3 p12-18 Sep 2016
Polish experience in professional training of economists at university has been generalized. Structural, content and procedural peculiarities of the training have been defined. It has been proved that key factors for reforming economic education in Poland are globalization, internationalization, integration, technologization and informatization. It has been found out that forming of economic competency is based on the competency-based and personality-based approaches that allow to direct the educational process at a student as an active subject of learning, to create conditions for his/her creative potential development, to educate a competent specialist possessing all the competencies needed in professional activity. The influence of Polish universities' integration into European system of student exchange on the quality of future specialists' training has been revealed. Flexibility and variety of syllabi and curricula of economists' professional training at Polish universities have been emphasized. Among perspective teaching methods we have singled out situational modeling as it allows to create situations at most approximated to those in professional activity, is oriented at co-creation and teamwork. It has been found out that the peculiarities of economists' professional training at Polish universities are flexibility, diversification, standardization, personalization and adaptation to modern labour market. It has been proved that the result of economists' professional training at Polish universities is a highly qualified specialist able to adapt to dramatic changes in economy and society.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Economics Education, Professional Education, Specialists, Specialization, Universities, Educational Change, Global Approach, Competency Based Education, Competency Based Teacher Education, Curriculum Development, Teaching Methods, Teamwork, Teaching Models
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Identifiers - Location: Poland
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