Библиосфера (Dec 2015)
A new format of bachelors’ final state certification in the field of training «Library-information activity»: a development technology
Abstract
The article presents the experience of developing the format of bachelors’ state final certification (SFC) on direction «Library-Information Activities» in Kemerovo State University of Culture and Arts. The 3rd generation Federal Educational Standard requirements necessitate innovations in organizing and carrying out bachelors’ SFC, in particular, evaluation of their training quality based on a competence approach. SFC of bachelors-graduates of Kemerovo State University of Culture and Arts includes the state interdisciplinary examination (SIE) and graduate qualification (bachelor) work. Components of a bachelor work, requirements for its structure, implementation algorithm, rules of registration and representation are enshrined at the University standard «Graduate qualification works». Authors outline main problems of developing a new format of SIE related with requirements of a subject-activity approach and integrative teaching materials. The leading competences were selected and correlated with the professional activity views; disciplines composition to be discussed at SIE was defined; tasks bank for SIE (theoretical issues and practice-oriented tasks) was generated, including a certain scale of assessment and a formalization model; a fund of assessment tools for SIE was formed; technical and ergonomic conditions for its implementation were defined. A new element of SFC is the exam matrix including: educational competence by bachelor’s activity; disciplines lists, theoretical issues and practical-oriented tasks; topics of bachelor’s works. This matrix serves to control SFE, its results analysis and subsequent adjustments. The bachelors’ SFC designed format for specialty «Library-Information Activities» (profile «Information-Analytical Activity») has been successfully tested in SFC of the University graduates.
