PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES FORMATION OF OFFICERS-PENINENTIARIES THROUGH THE PRISM OF VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY

Abstract

The article addresses to the idea of using virtual and augmented technologies for the educational environment expanding with the aim of forming modern professional competencies of future officers-penitentiaries of Ukraine. At present, a vector of higher education reform is clearly defined, aimed at developing conceptually new approaches to the organization of educational space for the training highly skilled, competitive specialists in various fields of professional activity, including the penitentiary profile. Penitentiary sphere is characterized by quasi-professionalism, which causes the penitentiaries to have a multifaceted spectrum of knowledge, skills and abilities. Particular attention is paid to the practice of providing various types of security to the penitentiary institutions (physical, administrative, dynamic), since this directly affects the level of society's security. Therefore, the author of the article paid much attention to the teaching methods of tactical training disciplines in the Academy of the State Penitentiary Service, which is based on the use of gaming (business learning game, role playing, training) and non-gaming (analysis of specific situations, group discussions, discussion platforms, brainstorming, methods of cooperative studying) teaching methods that are conducted in the form of special trainings. It is the form of conducting practical classes that promotes the formation of certain professional competencies of future officers in the field of penitentiary institutions security. The article proposes to improve the  forms of conducting practical classes by using technologies of augmented reality. This will provide opportunities to create the development conditions of a system for obtaining modern knowledge in the field of future professional activity of cadets; to solve the multifaceted task of future penitentiary officers training based on active and competent approaches; to create a practice-oriented interesting learning content, aimed at motivating students for self-education, improving certain skills and abilities, working out modern professional competencies that are important for the performance of service-professional activities at a decent level.