Using of the Case-Method in Training the Future Specialists of Information Activity

Abstract

The methodology of the research – is to apply theoretical methods (documentary analysis, analytical and synthetic information processing), which enables to identify and generalize the developments on questions of the case method as a specific learning method aimed at developing different skills and developing the skills necessary for modern highly skilled specialists.

Results. The use of the case-method in the training of future information specialists is substantiated.

The novelty of the work is that the article generalizes the problems of finding new effective methods of professional training of future specialists in information activities in the integration with traditional forms of training, which is a multidimensional process of professional development of a specialist. In the article the case-method is considered as a specific method of training aimed at the formation of different skills and the development of skills necessary for modern highly skilled specialists. The emphasis is on the advantages and disadvantages of using the case-method at the present stage.

Practical significance in the interaction of the case-method with traditional methods of learning, the achievement of three goals: the students' understanding of high-tech and materiality of the problem; performance before the audience who is interested in the results of their work; the ability to interact with the audience in order to further analyze their own advantages and disadvantages. Case methods increase activation of self-education and self-education of students. One of the ways of preparing a modern competent, competitive future specialist in information activities in higher education is to involve students in the development and use of modern learning technologies that are adapted to the real conditions for future professional activities. Case-specific methods help to form a competent specialist who can set goals, adapt theoretical knowledge to the professional plane, be responsible for the decisions made, plan their own activities for achieving the goals and objectives, develop the skills of collective work.

Key words: case-method, interactive method of training, educational process, specialists in informational activity.