ART AS A MEANS OF ARTISTIC AND AESTHETIC DEVELOPMENT OF INTENDING FOOD INDUSTRY SPECIALISTS IN THE SYSTEM OF PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION

Abstract

The article substantiates the relevance of the artistic and aesthetic development of intending specialists of food industry in the system of professional education by means of art, in particular, a need to introduce an artistic component to training the designated experts. In order to increase the effectiveness of the process of artistic and aesthetic development of the intending food industry specialists in the system of vocational education it is advisable to pay attention to solving the problems in the educational process such as enriching the level of students’ general culture; forming the aesthetic ideal; students’ acquaintance with the criteria of beauty that exist in society; developing the aesthetic feelings, spiritual and aesthetic needs; developing the abilities to perceive and appreciate beauty; the development of desire to create beauty with their own hands. It requires teaching aesthetically competent students who are capable of focusing on the future and, at the same time, respecting, enriching the historical and cultural heritage of their nation. The attention was paid to the clarification of the role of artistic education in training food industry specialists, the ways of increasing the level of artistic and aesthetic personality development in the process of professional education of intending food industry specialists are determined. Accented attention to the combination of art education and special professional training in the process of forming the professional competence of intending food industry experts. It is concluded that artistic and aesthetic development of the intending food industry specialists in the system of vocational education is based on a number of fundamental principles, in particular, the organization of educational activities in the institution of higher education, the aesthetic orientation of educational material.