Organization of practical training in higher engineering education

Abstract

The article presents an analysis of educational practices of the organization of practical training on the example of higher engineering education in the agricultural sector. In the course of the research, we conducted a review of modern approaches to the implementation of practical training in university education in various countries of the world (theoretical level). The empirical part of the study was conducted by the survey method. In total, 627 people took part in it – students of engineering Bachelor’s degree programs of 2-4 full-time courses of Stavropol State Agrarian University, who had experience in passing various types of practices – educational, industrial, research, pre-graduate. The survey database was processed in the SPSS Statistics program (version 23). We obtained information on the actual state and problems of organizing practical training of engineering personnel in the system of higher agricultural education (based on the students’ opinions). Data segmentation and comparative analysis of the organization of practice in different areas of training shows significant differences and identifies areas of improvement of the educational process and management procedures.