Results of monitoring the effectiveness of the course “Psychology for non-psychologists” in the context of students’ psychological competencies formation

   The article presents the structure and main content of the educational and methodological complex “Psychology”, developed by a team of authors of the Siberian Federal University as part of a federal project aimed to update the disciplines of the socio-humanitarian field and the project “DNK Rossii”. The educational and methodological complex was tested in four universities of the Russian Federation on groups of students of non-psychological areas of training. The discipline implementation was carried out in parallel with the program of advanced training for university teachers in different regions of the country “Methods of teaching Psychology for non-core areas of training”. Based on the results of the approbation course, the effectiveness of the “Psychology for Non-Psychologists” course (namely, the textbook and the workbook as the main tools of the Psychology educational and methodological complex) was monitored in the context of the psychological competencies of students formation, which included a study of the level of basic psychological competencies formation among university students and an analysis of reflective responses of teachers participating in the course of advanced professional training, as well as participants in the discipline implementation procedure. Among students, two stages of questioning were carried out to identify changes in knowledge and understanding of key concepts of psychology before and after completing the course. The results showed a significant improvement in the level of awareness of participants in various aspects of psychology, including understanding the basics of psychological theories, criteria for choosing specialists, signs of psychological health and types of psychological assistance. An analysis of the reflective responses of teachers made it possible to identify the strengths of the educational and methodological complex “Psychology”, as well as the points of promising transformation of the textbook and workbook.

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