Особенности образования взрослых в современном университете: организационно-педагогический аспект

Abstract

The article describes the features of continuing education for adults in the foreign and domestic experience. It is noted that the formation of policy in the field of continuing education in most European countries is caused not only by its economic necessity, but also by its social and cultural significance. The current strategy of the Russian adult education development is built with the world trends and the need for integration into the world educational space. Among the new forms of adult education Master's training takes a special place. The paper presents a Master's degree and features of its organization in the modern university on the basis of the competence approach. It’s given that the implementation of the competence-based approach to adult learning requires a selection of adequate maintenance, new forms and methods of training, a change of educational programs pace development, a special value ac- quiring such forms of adult education, which can ensure the continuity of teacher education: the possibility of obtaining, updating and maintaining professional knowledge, enrichment and development of professional experience, acclimatization to changes in the professional field, addressing the need for professional self-realization and self-education and inclusion in the independent work of stu- dents. As an example, possibilities of the master program "Adult Education" aimed at training specialists in the field of adult education are represented. В статье рассмотрены особенности непрерывного образования взрослых в зарубежном и отечественном опыте; представлено одно из основных направлений непрерывного образования взрослых – магистерское образование и особенности его организации в современном университете на основе компетентностного подхода; в качестве примера показаны возможности магистерской программы «Образование взрослых», направленной на подготовку специалистов в сфере образования взрослых.