Keyword: «military university cadets»

The study of business speech culture forming process among cadets of military universities allowed the authors of the article to put forward and experimentally prove the hypothesis that for the effective planning and implementing of this pedagogical process, it is necessary to optimize its methodology and technology by motivating students to work independently. The purpose of the article is to analyze the role and significance of students' motivation for independent work and the conditions for its formation when teaching them the culture of business speech. According to the authors of the article, motivation for independent work results in positive perception of the studied material by students, activates their experience of self-actualization of speech activity development, promotes the desire for independent search and creative approach in the process of business speech culture forming. The authors of the article believe that the following conditions are necessary to create motivation for independent work of cadets: to take into account internal and external motives of students and to form a team of teachers that would contribute to the development of students’ motivation. Independent learning of cadets is considered as a special type of speech activity that requires not only the development of certain personal traits and qualities, but also the formation of a system of views, beliefs, needs and psychological attitudes, i.e. motivation. In their study, the authors use a communicative activity-oriented approach in teaching military University cadets the culture of business speech. The article identifies the difficulties of optimizing the methodology and technology of teaching business speech culture in modern higher military schools, and also provides specific recommendations for solving this problem. The practical significance of the results obtained is the possibility of using the article by scientists conducting research in the field of business communication and military professional education to optimize the methodology and technology of training based on the motivation of students to work independently.

The article provides a scientific justification for the pedagogical conditions that reveal the specifics of organizing civic education for future officers of the Russian army in a military university. It is shown that a military university, as an educational organization, has a number of potential opportunities that allow for the actualization of the process of civic education based on established military traditions and the requirements of the Federal State Educational Standard for Higher Education. The article reveals the content and structural components of the process of civic education for cadets, which is an integration of the target, motivational-value, practical-activity, content, and evaluation-result components. The article describes the criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of the civic education process for cadets. The article also describes the research methods used to study changes in the indicators of the effectiveness of civic education for cadets. These methods include questionnaires for cadets and teachers, ranking of personal qualities, and enabled monitoring.

The article discusses the importance of pedagogical diagnostics in military universities as a tool for improving the quality of education. It is noted that insufficient methodological training of teachers hinders the implementation of innovative approaches and reduces the effectiveness of education. Mastering diagnostic methods allows for identifying the level of development of cadets' intellectual and professional qualities, timely adjusting the educational process, and promoting the comprehensive development of the individual. The experiment confirmed that the inclusion of test control increases the motivation of cadets, enhances their interest in disciplines, and contributes to the growth of professional competence, making pedagogical diagnostics a key element in the training of military personnel.