FORMATION OF YOUTH WORKER PROFESSIONALISM: PROBLEMS IN ESTONIA
Journal Title: Problems of Education in the 21st Century - Year 2015, Vol 68, Issue 12
Abstract
Youth feld has been in constant evolution during the restoration period of Estonian independence, since 1991. The theoretical overview is about youth worker professionalism, associated with the developments in the European and Estonian youth feld and in the context of the Berliner competency levels development model. It explains the expectations set for youth workers, to teaching and youth feld institutions. Youth work is expected, like formal education, with more clearly defned educational goals, and it is emphasized that it is a non-formal education. An important aspect is enjoying of the activities and its educational elements. The National Curriculum for Basic Schools and Gymnasium (2011) sets the expectations that the non-formal education will give more support to students to complete the curriculum of formal education. Youth work in Estonia is an essential component of the educational system. Therefore, the professionalism of youth workers and their coping with new challenges is very important. Over the last ten years, major changes in the Estonian youth worker professionalism and in the aspects of professional development haven’t been mentioned. The answers are briefly: in Estonia youth worker profession has been associated with the development of youth feld, but the staff preparation is very different and characterised by low working experience. Berliner presented development model of competency levels, treats the professional development as longterm, complex process, distinguishing between the fve stages of development of the professional staff, which are also regarded in the context of the professional development of the youth worker. Youth work quality is dependent on the availability of professional youth workers and in order to gain it, the high mobility inside the sector should be reduced, a better situation and more support should be created for the formation of youth worker professionalism at the various levels of the professional growth.
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Maarika Veigel
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