Keyword: «vocational education»

Innovation and evolution are necessary for a man, a nation and humanity to survive and progress. Innovations in education are particularly important as education plays a crucial role in creating a sustainable future. Educational innovations should be considered as an instrument of necessary and positive changes. The purpose of this work is to acquaint readers with the successful experience of the educators of Bauman Moscow State Technical University on the introduction of innovative educational technologies by designing a new generation multimedia course book "English in the digital age" for engineering students. The article is based on the review and analysis of domestic and foreign literature, and authors' research. The authors describe the method of designing a multimedia course book for students of technical universities, offer an analysis of the results after the testing of the course book and come to the conclusion that the use of interactive teaching methods while creating a multimedia course book helped to obtain high-quality results of teaching English, redistributed types of educational activities in the classroom and students’ autonomous work. One of the most important conclusions of the study is that innovations stimulate saving time for training students and increase the efficiency of training. The practical use of the work consists in practical recommendations in creating a basis for innovations in English language learning, in improvement of their efficiency, especially by means of ICT and multimedia learning tools. The originality of the article consists in the comprehensive classification of innovations, new arguments for the innovative technologies efficiency, with the application of innovative educational technologies in the field of vocational education.

The article substantiates the relevance of the problem of researching digital education centers in the system of integrating science, additional and professional education. The results of the training experiment based on the "IT cube" in Smolensk are presented.

The relevance of the article is due to the importance of building soft skills in university students. Further employment is an important indicator of the university work, but graduates are faced with the fact that the employer assesses not only their professional competences, but also the skills that, according to the employer, are necessary for effective work. The processes taking place in society require university graduates to have developed adaptation skills, teamwork abilities, effective interaction skills, the ability to bear responsibility and make independent decisions. The purpose of this article is to describe the potentials of training in the process of teaching university students in order to build soft skills. As a result of the study, the author analyzed domestic and foreign experience in studying the formation of soft skills among students. In addition, the opinion of students of the Amur State University about soft skills and their content was studied. Based on a survey, analysis of scientific literature and methodological works of domestic authors, a training was developed for building flexible skills. The obtained results are summarized and the goals of further study of the problem are formulated in the conclusion of the article. The systemic approach used in the study allows us to deeply examine the concept of building soft skills in university students and find effective pedagogical technologies. As a result of the analysis of the works of foreign authors involved in the study of soft skills, it is concluded that all definitions imply a set of universal, non-specific for a particular professional activity skills that can be useful for professional and personal development. The empirical base of the study is represented by a survey among the social sciences, humanities and engineering majors of the Amur State University in the form of a questionnaire. 132 students took part in the survey. As a result of the study, the author found out the differences in attitudes towards soft skills among humanities majors and engineering majors. The theoretical significance of the study lies in the theoretical justification of the training inclusion in the educational process for building soft skills. The practical significance of the study lies in the development of trainings that contribute to building soft skills.

The subject of the study is additional education in the system of Russian vocational education. The purpose of the study is to consider the main problems of its organization. It is shown that along with a number of advantages, there are also a number of difficulties and contradictions, including the contradiction between the need to develop forms and types of additional professional education and the lack of modern practical recommendations and methods for their development and implementation. It is proposed to introduce the academic discipline «Organization of additional education» into the curricula of pedagogical specialties. As an example, Methodological guidelines for practical classes in this discipline are presented, intended for students of the training direction 44.03.04 «Vocational training (by industry).

Specialized training today is designed to solve a number of pressing and urgent problems, one of which is to increase the motivation of young people for future professional activity, the formation of key competences and practical skills necessary for its implementation. Career guidance and self-determination of schoolchildren seem to contribute to this but, as the practical work in specialized psychological and pedagogical classes shows, this is far from the real case. It is worth noting that career guidance and self-determination are focused on the elimination of particular problems, and are part of the overall work on the organization of specialized training, which, however, in our opinion, is much broader than it may seem at first glance. Therefore, the aspect of studying the system of education in specialized classes seems to us particularly important. This circumstance makes it possible to formulate the purpose of the article, which is to describe the model of teaching in specialized psychological and pedagogical classes. The system activity-oriented approach, as a fundamental principle of education, allows us to build an appropriate model of a teacher's activity in organizing training in classes of psychological and pedagogical orientation. The practical involvement of high school students in active pedagogical activity contributes to the formation of motivational, personal, behavioral spheres, as evidenced by their qualitative changes. The proposed training model differs significantly from the traditional vision of building a pre-professional education. The author's interpretation is based on an integrated approach that allows to reach all students through involvement in project, research, and practical activities. Schoolchildren already at the stage of special training try on the roles of educator, teacher, instructor, researcher. The theoretical significance of the article lies in the description of the model of training in specialized psychological and pedagogical classes; comparative analysis of approaches to the organization of pre-professional and vocational education in domestic and foreign practice; generalization of the modern system of specialized training. The practical significance of the article consists in substantiating the author's model of teaching in specialized psychological and pedagogical classes (the case of Yevpatoria schools), which will help both the authors and the scientific community deal in the future with issues of specializing to diversify the types and forms of involvement of the pedagogically interested generation in future professional activities.