The 30th anniversary of the Educational and method-ological associations of higher educational institutions of the country

Abstract

The role of Educational and methodological associations, established in 1987 on the basis of an order of the Ministry of Higher Education of the USSR, in an improvement of higher education in the country is shown. The activity of the educational and methodological committee on a specialty «Automotive and tractor industry» of the Educational and methodological association of higher education institutions in the field of education of transport vehicles and technological transport complexes in a development and an improvement of the educational process in the higher education institutions that train skilled personnel for the automotive and tractor industries has been described and analyzed. The periods of historical transformations of the collective of the educational and methodological committees and the main activities in which the members of the educational and methodological committee took an active participation are shown. A brief description of the qualification level of the heads of the departments and leading professors of the departments which is part of the educational and methodological committee is given. The contents of the orders of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation on the formation of new Federal educational and methodological associations and Federal educational and methodological associations in the system of higher education on the enlarged groups of specialties and training’s directions, including, in the direction of training 23.00.00 Land transport processes and technology are briefly discussed. Excerpts from the provisions on the activities of the Coordinating council of the Federal educational and methodological associations and the Council of federal educational and methodological associations on a large group of specialties and orientations of training and tasks to be addressed by them in their work. On the basis of the conducted analysis of the long-term activity of the educational and methodological committee, it is proposed to use the rich practical experience accumulated by its members for an improvement of the educational process of the automotive and tractor departments of technical higher education institutions of the country in modern conditions. It was proposed about the expediency of participation the members of the educational and methodological committee in the work of the Federal educational and methodological association of higher education «Land transport processes and technology» as members of the Councils in the direction of the training of «Ground transportation and technological complexes» and the Council on the specialty «Ground transport and technological vehicles».