Keyword: «challenges of the future»

The problem that the research is aimed at stems from from the urgent need to change the existing model of learning robotics in order to implement the strategy of training highly qualified specialists in the most popular, promising sectors of the future, taking into account the requirements of business, society, and the state. The purpose of the study is to substantiate theoretically and test experimentally the effectiveness of using the task approach in teaching robotics to form the desirable cross-professional competences of the future. The research methodology consists of an analysis of psychological, educational, scientific and technical literature, methodological works on the teaching of robotics at all stages of training; analysis of constructors and software tools to support students' practice and transformation activities; analysis of robotic systems from creative projects of the educational process participants; Rapid Foresight method; system analysis; pedagogical experiment. The authors made a detailed description of the didactic and interdisciplinary potential of robotics course as a part of the educational model implemented by educational institutions based on the traditional trajectory “preschool education - school - university - additional education”, in terms of training engineering and technical personnel for the professions of the future. The work substantiates the role of cross-professional competences (soft skills) as a complex of non-specialized metasubject skills responsible for successful participation in the working process and high efficiency. In addition, specific content supported by a system of tasks is offered for each of the core competences in the field of robotics and engineering. Our findings allowed us to formulate the basic ideas of the methodology for improving the through course of studying robotics with a precise focus on those competences formation that meet the requirements of society, business, and the state to prepare future specialists. The effectiveness of the modified methodology of the course for improving the quality of the educational process is confirmed by experimental data. The theoretical significance of the study lies in the fact that the findings confirm: it is the improvement of the course of robotics that will provide a useful skill - be able to learn, prepare for the professions of the future.