Increasing the Social Responsibility of Secular Higher Education on the Preparation of Professionals in the Specialty of «Theology»

Abstract

The article deals with the concept and limits of social responsibility of secular higher education as regards the training of specialists in the specialty 041 «Theology»; the main causes of the inadequate level are analyzed and the conditions for raising the social responsibility of all participants in the educational process are considered. It was noted that not only the Spiritual academies and seminaries, but secular higher schools received the right to the training of theology specialists in Ukraine today, highlighting a number of problematic issues in organizing and controlling the quality of the educational process and the need to increase the social responsibility of consumers (bachelors, masters) and those who provide educational services (academic staff of the higher educational institution, its management). It is specified that a higher educational institution, providing an educational service for the training of specialists in the specialty «Theology», firstly must guarantee the awareness of the specifics of this specialty by all participants in the educational process and secondly attract teachers who can provide them in secular the institution realization of interrelated aspects: optimization of the subject sphere, the priority of spiritual education and development, the formation on the basis of the principles of Christian pedagogy, moral and ethical competence of future theological scholars. It is proved that it is the subjective state of civil social responsibility that is most characteristic of the personality of the specialist in theology, since it is called to self-control and self-discipline, to induce positive, conscious, useful behavior. Accordingly, the task of training future specialists in theology is to comprehensively develop a sense of personal responsibility for their own actions, activities, behavior, and for others (parishioners), for what happens in the community and the country as a whole. The work substantiates (as obligatory conditions for the realization of the goals of scientific and educational activity in the training of specialists in the specialty 041 «Theology» and a guarantee of a high level of social responsibility): the need to revise the normative content of training; introduction of extra-curricular, non-scheduled elective special courses; organization of trainings; use of interactive techniques; interaction of secular higher with religious schools (organization of joint scientific events; exchange of students and teachers; development of group projects; exchange of teaching materials and electronic work; organization of joint volunteering activities).

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І. І. ОБЛЄС

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І. І. ОБЛЄС (2018). Increasing the Social Responsibility of Secular Higher Education on the Preparation of Professionals in the Specialty of «Theology». Педагогіка формування творчої особистості у вищій і загальноосвітній школах, 58(), 420-430. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-562819