Synthesis of theory and practice in andragogue
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Klaipėda University
Continuing Studies Institute
Dept. of Andragogy
Publication date: 2015-06-30
JoMS 2015;25(2):369-394
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The article analyses opportunities and possibilities for synthesis of theory
and practice in training of andragogues for vocational activity. These
opportunities disclose themselves in vocational practice of students, studying
in the programme of Andragogy. The modern approach to relationship
of theory and practice in studies supposes their unity, though coming
into confl ict in the study process sometimes. It is to be emphasized that
theoretical and practical training remains to be the components of an
integral process. They are linked into the aggregate of different and complementing
experiences, which becomes evident in the process of practice.
It is the refl ective study model, successfully employed in vocational
practice that creates conditions for application of available theoretical
knowledge and practical skills in specifi c working situations, gaining of
abilities and experience that are necessary for future vocational activity.
The accomplished empiric research showed the students’ approach to
the unity of theory and practice in vocational activity. It also gives evaluation
to the expedience of practice for the future vocational activity of
andragogues. In the process of practice the respondents disclosed diff erent
aspects in employment of theoretical and practical knowledge in practical
situations. The research also highlighted the merits and demerits of
vocational practice in the process of andragogic studies, which enables the
department of Andragogy to check once again the quality of implemented
studies, to make corrections in the study programme and take it closer to
demands of the changing situation.
Theoretical and empiric analysis enabled to ground opportunities and
possibilities for the synthesis of theory and practice in the process of studies
and training of andragogues for practical activity.