Problem of estimation of university teachers' professional and pedagogical activity under conditions of Ukrainian education reform

Abstract

The paper brings to light theoretical determination of professional competence aspects and professionalism of university's faculty under conditions of Ukrainian educational reform. The topicality of the paper's research is caused by professional and pedagogical teachers' activity of results estimation and system's imperfection. Traditional educational system is apparent to be inefficient. It lacks direct connection between corresponding university teachers' professional activity diagnostic conceptions with advancements of modern management theory. An exigency in easy and clear teachers' activity quality estimation procedures is about to happen recently. Constituents of professionalism should be generalized first for determination of adequacy marks of teachers work by the university administration. That is why theoretical approaches of determination of professionalism and up-to-date research and educational personnel requirements were analyzed within education reform. Necessary university teachers' professional and pedagogical activity qualities were defined on the basis of the gained material and conclusions were made. The beginning of XXI century is characterized with activation of creation of different estimation methods of University teachers' professional and pedagogical activity. It is observed that subjective methods predominate over objective methods in its basis. Methods improvement result should become optimization university working process and growth of professional level. Besides, faculty is ascertained to include complex of characteristics, such as professionalism growth stages, changes in a professionalism structure, level of professional competency parts, including special, social, and personal-individual components.