Trends of andragogy competence development of teaching staff in the corporate education field

Abstract

In Ukraine, there is a steady trend towards the growth of the number of corporate training centers and the strengthening of their influence not only on the labor market, but also on the market of educational services. Specialists who are professionally engaged in the organization of the educational process in these centers combine in their activities a number of functions related to training and development of personnel, while performing various social roles: mentor, consultant, tutor, facilitator, coach, trainer, etc. Such activity requires the development of andragogic competence. The article reveals and substantiates the trends in the development of andragogical competence of pedagogical staff in the field of corporate education. They are correlated, on the one hand, with the development of adult education and training in general, and on the other hand, they are related to the strategy and mission of each specific organization. With this in mind, they can be classified into general and specific. Among the general trends important for the development of andragogical competence of corporate andragogues are: the dynamics of socio-political and socio-economic processes and phenomena, which must be realized, perceived, adapted to them (global aspect); awareness of one’s involvement in the world community with its general cultural and professional trends (cross-cultural aspect); diversification of educational services and broad involvement of different categories of adults as a result of ICT development (technological aspect); improvement of legislative and regulatory support for education and training of adults (legal aspect). The specific trends in the development of andragogic competence of corporate andragogues are: the growth of the role of the individual, his interests and needs (value aspect); strengthening of the subjective position in society, which requires the development of soft skills (activity aspect); expansion of the information space with simultaneous content changes of information, which require the ability to rework it and use it in new conditions (cognitive aspect); construction of one’s own strategy of personal and professional self-development (reflective aspect); independence and responsibility for one’s own health and livelihood (resource aspect). Awareness of these trends will allow corporate andragogues to take a subject position in the organization of training and development of the organization’s personnel, form ethical and social norms of professional behavior within the framework of the organization’s corporate culture, and independently determine the trajectory of their own development.