ANDRAGOGUL ÎN SISTEMUL EDUCAȚIEI ADULȚILOR: PROFIL ȘI COMPETENŢE PROFESIONALE

Abstract

The intensive development of adult pedagogy, the increasing demands towards adult learning and education dictated by the labor market, internal and external factors, as well as growing personal needs, generate the need for the initial and continuous training of pedagogues - andragogues for this feld. The andragogue is the teaching staff for adults. It should be noted that in the Republic of Moldova the frst steps are being taken to initially train teaching staff for adults. In this article, the focus is on the general problems faced by teachers, including andragogists-practitioners: the low level of motivation for educational activity, the quality of teaching staff, unfavorable conditions for educational activity, etc. For the frst time, the problem of the andragogue’s professional skills is addressed: heuristic, communicative, teleological, instrumental, operational, decision-making skills. A model of the activity of the andragogue is also proposed: objectives, functions, actions, etc.