Social Aspects of Information System and Computer Technology Professionals’ Practice-oriented Training
Social Aspects of Information System and Computer Technology Professionals’ Practice-oriented Training

Author(s): Mariana Marusynets, Dmytro Korchevskyi, Vitalii Lapinskyi
Subject(s): Adult Education, Higher Education
Published by: Editura Lumen, Asociatia Lumen
Keywords: computer science professional;social pre-conditions;professional training;
Summary/Abstract: The article describes the social and pedagogical aspects of training a computer specialist in the modern information space. The features of the virtual environment of activity are considered, attention is paid to the social directions of professional training of a computer specialist, in particular, ethical responsibility. Attention is focused on the nature and types of social consequences and spiritual and cultural changes generated by the informatization of society, determined by the social conditions in which the informatization process takes place, and the problem itself is due to the relationship between the man, computer, and society. The advantages and risks of training professionals in the given specialty are indicated and the main possible approaches are substantiated. It is shown that with the emergence of a new type of information life, which is considered as a general humanitarian philosophical problem, it is necessary to humanize professional education. The problems of the theoretical analysis and determination of the ontological status of virtual reality, the phenomenon of human computer dependence are described. It is indicated that a special responsibility lies with computer specialists, whose professional training should include not only the assimilation of educational material to ensure successful professional activity in the future, but it must take into account the social needs of society.

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