Innovative trends in the training of future social workers in the context of the digital transformation of education

Abstract

The article outlines society's requirements for the professional training of social workers in the context of digital transformation. The purpose, main features, and levels of readiness of future social workers for the conditions of digital transformation of education are revealed. The functions and basic didactic principles of the professional activity of social workers in the conditions of digital transformation of education are characterized. At the experimental stage, we implemented the developed system to develop the professional readiness of future social workers for the conditions of digital transformation in education by creating pedagogical conditions and a university's digital educational environment. To test the research hypothesis, we used non-parametric criteria by establishing parametric criteria: Pearson's criterion, Fisher's F-criterion, t-criterion, and correlation analysis. At the ascertaining cut, students in the control and experimental groups were at approximately the same level of outlined readiness; after conducting experimental work in the experimental group, we see higher results, and we conclude that the level of students significantly increases when implementing an experimental system for forming professional readiness of future social workers for the conditions of digital transformation of education, by developing pedagogical conditions and creating a digital educational environment of the university.