ФОРМИРОВАНИЕ ОБЩИХ КОМПЕТЕНЦИЙ У СТУДЕНТОВ-ЭКОЛОГОВ В УЧРЕЖДЕНИЯХ СРЕДНЕГО ПРОФЕССИОНАЛЬНОГО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ

Abstract

The paper considers the relevance of the formation of general competencies of future technicians-ecologists. The authors analyzed the concept of “competency” and determined its components. The paper presents the key results of the experimental study extending the theoretical and methodological approaches to the formation of general competencies of the students-ecologists in the institutions of vocational secondary education. The authors gave the model of formation and evaluation of general competencies of the students-ecologists and developed the criteria and diagnostic tools that allow controlling the process of the students’ general competencies formation. The authors selected and adapted the diagnostic tools for assessment of the level of formedness of the selected competency according to each component: motivational, cognitive, and activity-based. Special aspects of the experimental groups’ selection are described. The qualitative results of the ascertaining stage for determination of the level of general competencies’ formedness by each component are presented. The authors considered the educational conditions for general competencies formation, evaluated the suggested model within these conditions, and presented the results of the study on the level of formedness of understanding of the social significance of future profession and the demonstration of strong interest for it by the students-ecologists. The authors suggested the academic course “Principles of management of the environment and natural resources” aimed at the formation of general competencies of the students-ecologists in the institutions of secondary vocational education and carried out the educational experiment using the developed course on the base of secondary technical school. The assessment of the results of the study of the formation of general competencies of the students-ecologists in the institutions of secondary vocational education is given. The authors give the quantitative data on the results of the educational experiment according to each component, describe the growth dynamics of the general competencies’ formedness level, and consider the results of the educational experiment on the determination of the efficiency of the developed technology for formation of general competencies of the future ecologists.