Professional standard "Digital tutor" as the guidance for the specialist of a new profile

Abstract

In this article the following notions are characterized: the concept, structural and substantive features of the professional standard "Consultant in the development of digital competence of the population (Digital tutor)," which regulates the activities of representatives of a new breakthrough profession in ensuring digital literacy of the population. It was pointed that the development and implementation of this professional standard meets the requirements of time and the need of the population to use information and communication technologies in the transition to the fifth technological order, for which the competencies of the digital economy are urgently needed. Based on the interpretation of the results of the content analytical study, it was proved that the professional standard is focused on two groups of competencies – IT (Information technology) and pedagogical. They are presented in three clusters: "Labor actions," "Necessary skills" and "Necessary knowledge." The content of these clusters determines the training requirements for future specialists. There is a bias towards the requirements for information technology training to the detriment of pedagogical training, despite the fact that the pedagogical activity aiming to educate the population of various typological groups should dominate. A loss of logical sequence was established when designing the content of the pedagogical unit, the lack of accounting for the initial level of pedagogical awareness at the stage of selecting potential tutors. Thematic gaps were identified in determining the content of pedagogical training between the requirements for specialists of the third and fifth qualification groups.