Students' Project Competency within the Framework of STEM Education

Elena Alexandrovna Levanova,Anna Borisovna Serykh,Svetlana Bronislavovna Seryakova,Olga Vladimirovna Galustyan,Alexey Viktorovich Yezhov,Tatyana Vladimirovna Pushkareva

doi:10.3991/ijet.v15i21.15933

Abstract

The article is devoted to formation of students' project competence within the framework of STEM education. Project competence is an important component of professional competence of a future specialist and is applicable to designate professionalism. The article identifies the main characteristics of STEM education as means of formation of project competence of students. Project competence is characterized by possession of special knowledge, skills and abilities (to solve problems on the basis of putting forward and substantiating hypotheses, to set an activity goal, to plan activities, to collect and to analyze necessary information, to carry out an experiment, to present research results). Structure of project competence is presented by information, research, and analytical components. The authors conclude that STEM education provides formation of students' project competence.

Highlights

Education is a combination of development, upbringing, and training of students which undergoes changes inevitably, adapting to the current situation in the world, helping students to form necessary skills for their future profession
Project competency is expressed in the possession of special knowledge, skills and abilities
Students' project activity within the framework of STEM education is focused on solving of practical problems

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Education is a combination of development, upbringing, and training of students which undergoes changes inevitably, adapting to the current situation in the world, helping students to form necessary skills for their future profession. Development of science leads to emergence of new areas of knowledge, there is an increasing need for proactive, knowledgeable specialists [8]. STEM education deals with presentation of sciences, technologies, engineering, and mathematics in such a combination which is necessary for full understanding of a subject and an effective future work. Project competency is an integrative personality characteristic which is expressed in readiness for independent theoretical and practical activities in creating projects. STEM education lays the foundation for an independent person who understands his / her own abilities and has initiative for project activities [6, 11, 24]

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