Project workshop as an educational subject in the educational activity of a university (the case of the Bachelor’s training program 40.03.01 Legal studies)

Abstract

Currently, the Federal state standards of higher education of the undergraduate program in training program 40.03.01 Legal studies provide for the use of project-based learning technologies in the educational activities of a university. These technologies are the methodological foundations of educational activities in higher educational institutions. The use of new educational technologies has actualized the expediency of the appearance in the curricula of universities of such an academic discipline as «Project Workshop».

The research problem is as follows: how does the project workshop as an academic discipline form the universal and general professional competencies of future lawyers?

The purpose of the research is to study the structure of the content of the training course «Project Workshop» and the formation of universal and professional competencies among students in the training program «Legal studies».

The methodology and research methods. The theoretical basis of the research was the development of project-based learning technology. The main research method used is analysis.

The article examined the main universal and general professional competencies formed as part of the course «Project Workshop», as well as the main content of the course, which contributes to the formation of these competencies. The author distinguishes two types of educational results of the discipline «Project Workshop»: the acquisition and development of competencies necessary for solving professional problems and the acquisition of experience in self-organization and self-education.

It has been concluded that the use of project-based learning technology within the framework of the «Project Workshop» training course contributes to the successful formation of universal and general professional competencies of future lawyers, and activates learning activities.