DIDACTIC MODEL FOR DEVELOPMENT CAREER’S MANAGEMENT SKILLS

Authors

  • Malinka Yordanova South West University “NeofitRilski” – Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
  • Dimitar Iskrev South West University “NeofitRilski” – Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria

Keywords:

career’s management skills, pre-assessment, learning, analysis, practice, application

Abstract

The implementation of an empirical approach to training in the more active participation of the trainees in
the process itself is the result of a better understanding of the learning process. The strength of training through
experience is that experience after all is possessed by a trainee with his individual characteristics and preferences.
The active inclusion of the trainees in determining the nature of training through labour is a particularly fertile
ground for their personal and social development. The didactic model for development career’s management skills
visually represents the process related to the construction of learning, indicating its elements or phases, as well as
the relationship between them. The model has a few sequential steps: pre-assessment, learning, analysis, practice
and application. The pre-assessment includes an assessment of the current level of competence and knowledge of the
rules of conduct in the relevant skill area. At this stage, the learner is ready for change - overcoming the weaknesses
and improving the strengths related to the given skill. Learning involves the presentation of validated, science-based
ground rules and behavioural guidelines for effective performance of the learned skill. At this stage, the trainees are
taught the correct principles and the theoretical justification of the main guidelines of behaviour in the relevant field
is presented. The analysis is expressed in providing the trainees with models of behaviour and cases in order to
analyze the basic behavioural rules of the mastered skill in real organizational conditions. At this stage, they analyze
the basic behavioural principles in the relevant field and the reasons why they actually work. The practice contains
practical exercises in which the testing of the learned behavioural rules prevails. At this stage, students adapt the
principles to their own personal style, receiving feedback and support from the teacher. Application involves
application of the skill in real-life settings outside the classroom followed by analysis of the relative success of that
application. At this stage, what is learned in the classroom is transferred to real life situations. The use of this
general didactic model for the development of career management skills in the preparation of specialists is more
productive than training based on the traditional approach using lecture and discussion as the leading methods.
Developing career management skills while still in school helps future professionals to have a significant impact on
the image of the organization they will work in, regardless of the organizational level they are at. The main idea of
the didactic model described is that the improvement of career management skills is first and foremost the
responsibility of the trainees. Training through experience is expanding the basis on which young people can draw
prospects in making important decisions in their personal and social development.

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Published

2022-12-16

How to Cite

Yordanova, M., & Iskrev, D. (2022). DIDACTIC MODEL FOR DEVELOPMENT CAREER’S MANAGEMENT SKILLS. KNOWLEDGE - International Journal , 55(6), 1187–1192. Retrieved from https://ikm.mk/ojs/index.php/kij/article/view/5845