Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn)
Vol 20, No 3: August 2026

Formation of communicative competence of future social educators based on collaborative learning

Olga V. Galustyan (Southern Federal University)
Sofia D. Podgornaya (Southern Federal University)
Svetlana B. Seryakova (Moscow Pedagogical State University)
Nailya N. Askhadullina (Elabuga Institute of Kazan Federal University)
Olga V. Khripunkova (Yelets State University named after I. A. Bunin)
Jingwei Zhang (Southern Federal University)
Siqi Liu (Southern Federal University)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Aug 2026

Abstract

The article is devoted to the problem of formation of communicative competence of future social educators based on collaborative learning. Currently, there is a growing demand for professions in the field of social and pedagogical education. The number of people who need social and pedagogical assistance and support is growing every year. Social educators implement functions on social and pedagogical support for pupils within the process of their socialization, they organize educational activities within cooperation with children’s and youth public associations, provide organizational and pedagogical support of the educational process. The professional basis of activity of social educators is professional communication with children and their families. The result of activity depends on social educators’ communicative competence which is being revealed in interpersonal communication, interaction, and perception. The authors conclude that communication itself is impossible without collaboration. Collaborative learning is one of the types of students’ educational activity which is aimed at acquiring theoretical knowledge and promoting intensive development of thinking. The presented paper reveals the process of experimental work of formation of communicative competence of future social educators based on collaborative learning. The results of experimental work of formation of communicative competence of future social educators based on collaborative learning in control and experimental groups reveal that in the experimental group the level of communicative competence of future social educators is higher than in the control group that proves the effectiveness of experimental work.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

EduLearn

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Subject

Humanities Education Library & Information Science Social Sciences Other

Description

Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn) ISSN: 2089-9823, e-ISSN 2302-9277 is a multi-disciplinary, peer-refereed open-access international journal which has been established for the dissemination of state-of-the-art knowledge in the field of education, teaching, development, instruction, ...