Теоретичні основи формування правової компетентності майбутніх інженерів-педагогів у процесі професійної підготовки

Abstract

The study and analysis of the pedagogical achievements of higher education theorists and practitioners in the formation and development of legal consciousness and culture of future engineers-teachers has made it possible to identify problems and understand that the training of future engineers in a higher technical education institution necessitates a new understanding of the professionalism of an engineer, which is associated with qualitative changes in technical activity.
 The article focuses on the concept of "professional competence of a future engineer-teacher", which is understood as an integrated personal formation that includes professional knowledge in the field of production, practical skills in solving production problems, personal qualities that allow performing professional teaching activities at a high level.
 The author establishes that depending on the level of compliance with the requirements of legislation, legal knowledge is classified as follows: legal knowledge which is unsystematic in nature; formal legal knowledge; analytical legal knowledge; active legal knowledge. And the concept of "legal competence" is defined as the level of legal awareness of a student and his/her legal activity; a set of knowledge, ideas, and value concepts which determine the choice of human behaviour justified by law; and the ability to effectively carry out professional activities in the context of financial and economic independence.
 Particular attention is paid to the study of the process of formation and development of legal competence. It is proved that in the process of obtaining the speciality of an engineer-pedagogue, students develop basic legal competences on the basis of existing key legal competences. The development of legal competence involves mastering by the student not separate elements of legal knowledge, skills and abilities of professional and personal qualities, but mastering a comprehensive procedure for obtaining legal knowledge, which should be of a personal and active nature.