Olga Р. Alekseeva

The relevance of the article is due to the increasing interest in works focusing on the pedagogy of cooperation as a modern form of relationship, both in higher education in general and in a technical university in particular. The roots of the pedagogy of cooperation could be traced back to ancient times, finding development and continuation in the ideas of innovative teachers of the Soviet period. The article considers modern trends in the pedagogy of cooperation as a form of modern education in the engineering sciences field. With all the merit of V.N. Obrastsov’s scientific legacy as well as his expertise in professional training for the transport industry, there is practically no theoretical and practical researches on his pedagogical approach to educating transport engineering specialists. The purpose of the study is to analyze the scientific and pedagogical heritage and the ways of cooperation pedagogy implementation in V.N. Obraztsov’s professional activities and work. An important trajectory of the research is studying, preserving, and applying his pedagogical traditions and educational practices. The purpose of the study required embracing the entire spectrum of V.N. Obraztsov’s scientific heritage and works devoted to his activities. It includes examining the main approaches to conveying technical knowledge, analyzing the concept of «pedagogy of cooperation» in Russian and foreign academic literature, and developing the principles of linkage between V.N. Obraztsov’s pedagogical practice and the pedagogical cooperation concept. The article uses the following research methods: theoretical analysis of literature, historical and comparative methods, generalization, and data systematization. The article considers key features of V.N. Obraztsov’s pedagogical practice, such as providing and distributing technical knowledge, the main approaches to pedagogy cooperation, and educational models based on this concept. The authors conclude that person-to-person relations based on students’ expanded autonomy contribute to the efficient dissemination of technical knowledge and its development in new directions. The practical significance of the study is its pedagogical application in different forms of educational activities in a technical university, both in teaching foreign languages and other disciplines. The results of the research may be interesting for educators and instructors, scientists and practitioners, as well as a wide range of persons interested in the interconnection of «teacher-student». The study of the scientific and pedagogical heritage of academician V.N. Obraztsov confirmed the theoretical value of his works and opened new prospects for the development of higher engineering education in Russia.

The paper presents an analysis of competitive activity in the perspective of a competence-oriented approach, which allows not only foregrounding interdisciplinary communication, but also contributes to the formation of a special motivation to further mastering the basics of professional activity in a higher educational institution. The relevance of the study is due to the lack of theoretical works on the issue of the application of competitive activity in the formation of professional competences in higher education. The study notes that a professional competition involving the pragmatic and cognitive components of education can serve as a starting mechanism in stimulating interest in further profession mastering. The aim of the study is to evaluate the degree of effectiveness of professionally-oriented competitive activity in the formation of competences for students majoring in translation and translation studies. The main research methods include theoretical analysis and synthesis of methodological and pedagogical literature, the study of foreign and domestic experience in training specialists, empirical methods – observation, pedagogical experiment, diagnostics, which confirmed the viability of the initial hypothesis and the effectiveness of the developed system of competitive tasks; auxiliary research methods – analysis of university documentation and methods of statistical processing of empirical data made it possible to evaluate the results of the experiment, to give a theoretical justification for the practical results obtained. Terminological analysis showed that at the moment such concepts as “competitive activity” and “competition” are practically not represented in the pedagogical-reference literature. The authors conclude that competitive activity, which is interpreted, above all, as an effective form of game training, is a productive and effective means of teaching students. It is noted that a higher school teacher faces a number of difficulties in implementing the above approach in the framework of classroom activity. On the basis of a retrospective analysis of the experiments of translation competitions, it is indicated that such a competitive extracurricular event allows us to set a new vector in the development of general and professional competences among students of translation specialty. Theoretical substantiation of the effectiveness of competitive activity as an auxiliary tool in the training of specialists in the field of translation can make a certain contribution to the development of the theory of vocational education. The practical significance of the study lies in the opportunity to apply the methodology of the competition, presented as a set of individual tasks.