A DUAL MODEL OF LEARNING AS A NECESSARY CONDITION FOR THE RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN MODERN CONDITIONS

Abstract

The possibility is considered of the development of rural areas through the creation of a dual training model based on the cluster approach. It is shown that the learners’ internalization of the factors of social and labor environment through the application of the didactic principle “Learn while working” promotes the training of highly qualified specialists in agriculture, who are ready to settle in and develop the rural areas. A special attention is given to the rural youth, students of the vocational educational institutions located in the rural areas. It is noted that the people who grew up in the countryside and are familiar with the specifics of the rural way of life, can most effectively solve the problems of rural development. It is indicated that the crucial issue in the self-determination of the young generation is to shape the mechanisms of management of the professional support. In studying the educational process, realized by the agricultural secondary vocational institutions, a real contradiction is revealed between the deterministic system of student training and the stochastic character of the agrarian educational environment. The ways of overcoming this contradiction are considered. In particular, it is proposed to organize some “pilot sites” in the Siberian region on the basis of secondary vocational education institutions for the theoretical generalization of the best practices and to develop concrete mechanisms for solving important national objective: providing personnel for the rural development.