Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences: Adult Education in the Context of Constructive Conflict Theory

Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / Adult Education in the Context of Constructive Conflict Theory

Issue: Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2014 7 (4)
Authors: Pahalyan, Victor E.
Contact information: Pahalyan, Victor E.:Moscow Institute of Open Education 7a Prechistenskiy, Moscow, 119034, Russia;E-mail:
Keywords: adult education; constructive conflict in education; training of practicing psychologists; psychological maturity; educational result; personal readiness; types of problems that can be solved in different areas of psychology; preventive developmental psychology
Abstract: Current status of adult education issue is considered in the context of main objective contradictions, which are manifested in educational conflicts in the process of obtaining higher professional education in the field of helping professions. The authors found key contradictions in training of such specialists, in particular, between the formal requirements for training in university, the professional requirements themselves and personal willingness of future specialists. This paper is based on practical experience in the Department of Psychology of the Moscow Institute of Open Education. This experience is built on the concept of constructive conflict and is able to overcome these contradictions in the educating process between prior learning experiences of students and the demands for future specialists
Pages: 566-578
Paper at repository of SibFU: https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/10317