PEDAGOGICAL CONDITIONS OF FORMATION OF INFORMATION COMPETENCIES SOCIAL WORKER BY MEANS OF COMPUTER TECHNOLOGIES

The relevance of the article is determined by the fact that in the conditions of development of the modern information society of the future social worker should have an information style of thinking, be ready for rapid perception and processing of large volumes of professionally-oriented information, possess modern means, methods and technologies that will be a prerequisite to becoming a specialist high-level, professional activity which is connected with a change in the client's life, his social status, where an important role is played by the social worker ownership of a high level of information competence. The concepts of “information competence of a social worker”, “media services of a social worker” are defined. Three pedagogical conditions are identified and justified, contributing to the successful process of formation of information competence of a social worker in the university environment: enhancing information activities of future social workers through training and practical work; the use of computer technology in teaching social workers to cross curricular level; the use of the wiki-technology in the process of formation of information competence of a social worker university. In order to enhance information activities of future social worker, and as a result of the formation of his high level of information competence, means of computer technology used by the student in the process of training and practical work are defined. The introduction of the process of training of social workers using computer technologies (virtual tour, electronic textbook, wiki-based technologies) contributes to: the development of knowledge and skills to work with professionally-oriented information, improving the training level, thereby enabling consistently acquire information competencies.

information competence of a social worker, information activities of the social worker, social work, social worker, social service, computer technology, Internet technology, a virtual tour, e-tutorial, wiki-technology