SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS OF THE CREATION EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE INSTITUTION HIGHER EDUCATION AS A CONDITION FOR THE FORMATION OF PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCES OF FUTURE SPECIALISTS’ SOCIONOMIC PROFESSIONS

Abstract

The article presents the results of the study of the range of socioeconomic factors for the creation of an educational environment in Ukrainian higher educational institutions (universities) as a condition for the formation of professional competencies of future specialists in socionomic professions. It is established that these factors form the multiplication effect of the influence of the educational environment on the effectiveness of students' acquisition of professional competencies. The basic conditions and obstacles to the effective functioning of the educational environment are established. It is stated that the transience of changes in factors necessitates constant transformations, which requires special attention to ensuring a new characteristic of the stability of universities, which is to ensure adaptability to changes. It is stated that one of the tools for ensuring their adaptability to changes and stability of work is the formation of an educational environment. It is stated that the development of digital technologies forms the preconditions for creating an educational environment in a virtual environment, which leads to an increase in social contacts, creates new incentives for the formation of professional qualities, in particular, through the acquisition of the educational process of the emotional component. This emotional component contributes to the prolongation of social contacts of graduates with universities and with acquired by friends and after the period of study. It is noted that students' practical skills can be compatible with additional funding for both the educational environment and universities. For this purpose, it is recommended to form a research component of the educational process, in particular, the use of a tool for startups and business ecosystems. It is proved that increasing the level of their own professional competence and acquisition of professional qualities should occur in two interrelated areas - acquisition of students' self-education and self-education skills. It is noted that the task of universities in these areas is to: instil students' understanding of the importance of self-education; acquire the skills of adequate permanent assessment of yourself and your level of professional competencies; acquiring cooperation skills. It is stated that the educational environment can contribute to the combination of students' acquisition of practical experience and self-financing through the formation of a research component of the educational process, in particular, for the use of a tool of startups and entrepreneurial ecosystems. To formalize the proper formation of professional competencies of future specialists in socionomic professions, an algorithm for creating an educational environment of a higher education institution has been developed.