SOCIAL PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN A PROFESSIONAL PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY AND A VOCATIONAL EDUCATION INSTITUTION: GOALS, FOCUS AREAS, FORMS, AND METHODS
Abstract
DOI: https://doi.org/10.26565/2074-8922-2026-86-13
Purpose. To define the goals, directions, forms, and methods of social partnership between a professional pedagogical university and a vocational education institution.
Methods. Analysis of domestic and foreign publications on the research topic; study of existing social partnership experience; identification of goals, directions, forms, and methods of social partnership between a professional pedagogical university and a vocational education institution; generalization and synthesis of the obtained analytical data.
Results. The main goals of social partnership in specialist training within the vocational education system were identified as: joint development of socio-economic and labor policy; long-term planning of human resource development; evaluation of professional training outcomes; organization of joint events. Partnership between vocational education institutions and a professional pedagogical university can be implemented in the following areas: 1) educational and methodological work; 2) scientific and methodological support of educational programs; 3) assistance to faculty; 4) career guidance. Forms of partnership interaction can include: organizing various types of internships and traineeships at enterprises; involving employers in the development of educational programs, individual modules, and programs for various internships, and agreeing on assessment tools; organizing excursions to enterprises and firms; employers' participation in evaluating the quality of graduates' training from vocational education institutions, etc.
The methods of implementing social partnership between a professional pedagogical university and a vocational education institution include: concluding cooperation agreements; joint working groups for curriculum adjustment; planned regular meetings aimed at improving the educational process; and monitoring the quality of graduate training.
Conclusions. Social partnership in education is a type of jointly organized activity of independent and autonomous subjects of the educational process, characterized by their common goals and values, voluntary relationships, and recognition of the parties' responsibility for the outcomes of their mutual cooperation. In professional pedagogical education, it is focused on coordinating the actions of participating parties in the interest of educating and developing future vocational training teachers.
The prospect for further research on social partnership between a professional pedagogical university and a vocational education institution lies in identifying the organizational and pedagogical conditions for such partnership and developing a set of criteria for its effectiveness.
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