Development of Social Competence in Students (Based on Vitagen Education)

Abstract

The sphere of social competencies is needed for the socialization of students, aimed at their functioning in the social environment and personal and professional adaptation in the modern society, that is why the formation of these competencies is one of the key goals of education. One such approach that promises to enhance social competence is the one of vitagenic education that uses a person, aggregated through their life experience as an educational environmental object. However, although vitagenic education is theoretically significant, there are few studies on the specificities of vitagenic education in relation to social competence development in students. This article intends to study how it can be incorporated in vitagenic education in practice, it will strengthen the social skills of the students and aid in their development not just for academic growth but excellence in the fields of personal and professional life as well. It identifies approaches like role playing, debates, and group assignments that develop the social competence components of empathy, critical thought, teamwork, and reflection. The originality in this innovative work/research paper is the teacher education technology for vitagenic social competence development which has not been applied and no such previous studies have been found aiming at students day to day life for achieving skills which will help in personality and professional development in the social world. However, the broader pedagogical implications are that vitagenic principles should be integrated into university curricula across varied disciplines so that students thrive in the complexity of contemporary life and work.