Expert Methods for Developing University Graduates’ Professional Competencies

Abstract

The article addresses the expert methods for developing the graduates’ professional competencies in specialty programs in the conditions of predetermined specializations within particular specialties in the absence of professional standards. The authors analyze the features of obtaining and processing data from experts, which are specialists in this field of professional activity. Special attention is paid to expert commission forming using the expert competence criteria and the cost of the survey. Based on the developed expert method, a comparative analysis on the importance of professional competencies of specialists in the chosen field of activity is carried out. The authors propose a method of matching the experts’ assessments obtained as a result of the survey. The article finds that it is necessary to include formalized procedures for the development of the graduates’ professional competencies in the indicative basic educational program.

Keywords

• professional competencies
• graduate competence model
• indicative basic educational program
• expert assessment