Social and humanistic aspects for the training of technical professionals

Abstract

Development of soft skills of students is an urgent educational task of modern classical universities. The aim of the article is to demonstrate the experience of approbation of the educational technology for developing soft skills of students in a modern university. The article presents a new approach to the problem of developing soft skills of students at the National Research Tomsk State University (TSU). The authors analyze the essence of the educational technology ‘Accelerator’ as well as results gained during approbation of this technology based on the Park of Social and Humanistic Technologies of TSU (the structural subdivision of the University). Prospects for introduction of the described technology in classical universities are related to demand for the enhanced quality of soft skills of students in conditions of transition to a new technological paradigm dedicated to social and humanistic technologies. Approbation of the described technology in the modern university allows authors to draw conclusions about its effectiveness and to present results of the experience to a wider audience.