Investigation of pedagogical conditions for development of professional self-perfection skills of future agricultural engineers

Abstract

The engineer of modern agricultural production is obliged to improve himself, that is, to have persistent skills in creative professional self-training. The investigations were conducted within two Engineering faculties of the National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, as well as the Engineering Faculty of the Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies. Achievement of the goals in the educational and cognitive activities of the future engineers depends on how fully the conditions of modern agricultural production, as well as the objective pedagogical conditions that determine the difficulty of the objects of study are considered. One of the main tasks of the formation of the readiness of the future agricultural engineers for professional activities and self-development in the process of teaching general engineering disciplines is the use of methods to enhance educational and professional activities. An efficient mechanism for the improvement of the educational process is the close cooperation of universities with the agricultural employers, and their involvement in the formation and implementation of the programmes, specialties and specialisations, coordination with them of educational and professional standards of modern engineering training. From the surveys the most significant skills to achieve the goals of independent educational and scientific activity of the future engineers were identified - this is the ability to find, analyse and interpret information in the process of educational and scientific activity, and- a skill to pursue a healthy way of life, to work efficiently, to spend one's free time in a rational manner.