3.1.2 Mechanisms and Factors of Key Skills and Competencies Development
Taras Pashchenko
Project Leader
Project period
2020-2025
Context of Research Project within a Subject of Human Capital
In modern education, there is an ongoing radical transformation of the content and intended learning outcomes. Knowledge and basic skills are fading into the background, key (universal) competencies such as critical thinking, creativity, teamwork, self-regulation, self-organization and other play an increasingly important role. The pedagogical community demonstrates growing demand for clear, evidence-based mechanisms and strategies aimed at the development and evaluation of key (universal) competencies – the most important components of human capital
The research project Mechanisms and Factors of Key Skills and Competencies Development focuses on the study of factors related to the successful development of key (universal) competencies.
Project Aim
To identify conditions and effective practices for the development of key (universal) competencies at different levels of education in the traditional and digital environment
Project Objectives:
- To study the factors contributing to the infusion of digital technologies in instruction within the context of general, additional and higher education and to identify barriers educators face in this process.
- To define promising practices for the formation of key (universal) competencies at different levels of education in the traditional and digital environment.
- To determine the most favorable conditions and mechanisms for the development of key (universal) competencies of students in various types of learning environments
- To study the effectiveness of pedagogical practices for the development of key (universal) competencies and to draw up a list of practices with the greatest potential in fostering these competencies along with the other components of human potential
Key Findings
The role of various factors in choosing digital solutions by educators in the teaching has been revealed
State-of-the-art international research on the development of universal competencies in different segments of the education system have been analyzed
2021
The most effective teaching practices contributing to the development of key (universal) competencies have been highlighted: problem solving, discussions, and educational projects. The most applicable and sustainable methods and technologies for the development of key (universal) competencies in international practice have been described, as well as the models of fostering these competencies at the school level: action research, lesson study and professional learning communities. A program of professional development and methodological support of teaching staff in promoting universal competencies has been developed
2022
Based on the analysis of 50 experimental studies aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of educational practices for developing universal competencies of students, 7 types of interventions have been identified according to the criteria of duration, conditions of implementation, basic material, complexity, as well as the presence or absence of a problem-solving process within the intervention. The selected types of interventions have been sorted according to the principle of increasing complexity and compliance with the educational context.
The results allow us to describe recommendations for researchers to conduct experimental studies aimed at studying universal competencies in education.
Анализ интервенций по развитию универсальных компетенций
Educational Programs
Master's Program Science of Learning and Assessment
Educational trajectory Designing Educational Products. Pedagogy Master’s Program
Researcher at EdTech Minor
HSE and RANEPA Joint Educational Workshops Social and Humanitarian Dimension of Human Potential
Study Course Comparative Analysis of Education Systems
Online course Universal Competencies and New Literacy
Publications
- Pashchenko T., Avdeenko N., Gasinets M. Can a School Teach Thinking? Practices of Development of Creative and Critical Thinking (RU), Scientific digest. Issue No. 3, 2021
- Report Assessment of Universal Competencies as Results of Higher Education (RU) The team of authors: S. Avdeeva, P. Gas, E. Kardanova, Y. Koveshnikova, A. Kulikova, E. Orel, T. Pashchenko, P. Sorokin. National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow: HSE, 2021
- Gasinets M., Kapuza A., Dobryakova M. The Agency of Teachers in Shaping the Educational Success of Schoolchildren: Roles and Beliefs (RU) // Education issues. 2022. No. 1. pp. 75-97
Conferences
XXII April International Scientific Conference on Economic and Social Development (Moscow, Russia, April 4-22, 2021):
- Special Round Table Assessment of Universal Competencies as Results of Higher Education (RU) (19/04/2021)
International Scientific Seminar Opportunities and Problems of Assessing Students' Competencies in the Higher Education System: a Brief Overview of the Current State of Research (RU) from the series of events within the framework of the International Scientific Seminar Measurements and Data analysis in Psychology and Education (Moscow, Russia, September 23, 2021)
Symposium Formation and Evaluation of Universal Competencies of University Students (RU) within the framework of the XII International Russian Conference of Higher Education Researchers Universities in Search of Quality: External Assessments, Internal Goals and Scientific and Educational Results (Moscow, Russia, October 14-15, 2021)
XXIII Yasin (April) International Scientific Conference on Economic and Social Development (Moscow, Russia, April 5-22, 2022)
- Special Round Table Assessment of Universal Competencies as Results of Higher Education (RU) (08/04/2022)