Model of Vocational Training for Employees of Guardianship and Custody Bodies in Relation to Minors in Specialized Master' Degree Programme

Abstract

The article describes the experience of the Moscow State University of Psychology and Education in the development and implementation of an innovative model for the professional training of specialists working in guardianship and custody bodies of minors in the conditions of specialized master's degree programme within the framework of psychological and pedagogical course. It is shown that this training course meets the requirements for the knowledge and abilities of specialists in performing labor functions, fixed in the professional standard of a specialist of guardianship and custody bodies (hereinafter referred to as PLO) [14]. The purpose of the training is to prepare a highly qualified specialist - the leader of change - ready to make effective and reasonable decisions, able to adapt the functioning of the PLO to dynamically changing environment. The article provides an overview of modern research in the development of a master's system in the Russian Federation. The methodological approaches to the development of the model are substantiated: “activity-based”, “competency-based” and “personality-oriented”, which allow combining a practice-oriented and research paradigms. It is shown how, in the context of the delivery of the educational program, masters develop these competencies. The structure and content of the master's program are described.

Keywords

• vocational training model
• specialized master's degree programme
• guardianship specialists
• methodological approaches
• program structure and content