THE ROLE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PROFESSIONAL TRAINING OF SOCIAL EDUCATORS FOR WORK WITH REFUGEES IN GERMANY

Abstract

The authors lighted out German practice of social work with refugees and the role of ITC during this process. In the article the role of different international organizations such as UNESCO, United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees, International Red Cross Committee, European Council on Refugees and Exiles, International Organization for Migration, etc. was pointed out. These organizations develop and approve international standards of work with refugees, as well as propose modern approaches to solving problems with this category of the world community.  The authors identified the main forms and trends of social work with refugees in Germany.  They also highlighted the characteristic features in the work of German universities during the training of future social educators to work with migrants and the development of their competencies (namely, ICT competencies).  In this article, the authors concluded that the process of training social educators to work with different groups of clients (including work with refugees) in Germany is multilevel. The principles of offensiveness, consistency, persistence in the implementation of content and technology of education are the main ones in the training of future social workers. Other features of the training process for social educators in Germany are also the practical use of an interdisciplinary approach and close cooperation with various state and non-state social organizations. The authors emphasized also that considerable attention during the professional training of future social pedagogues is paid to scientific and practical aspects of their training to work with refugees and immigrants. The formation of ICT competence and mastery of technologies of social "intervention" in the life and situation of the studied category of clients plays the great role for social educators in the preparing for their future profession. In the article is also stated that one of the main requirements for a social educator working with refugees is the ability to use in practice the acquired knowledge and skills to get the best results.