Readiness For Research Activities Research Articles

Formation of Students' Readiness for Research Activities in the Context of STEM-Education

The article presents the results of a theoretical and empirical study of the problem of students' readiness for research activities, gender peculiarities of this issue. Research activity is considered as a special type of creative activity that arises as a result of search activity and involves independent research aimed at theoretical and experimental study of phenomena and processes, substantiation of facts, identification of patterns using scientific methods of knowledge.
 STEM education is aimed at developing a personality through the formation of competencies, a natural science picture of the world, and life values using a transdisciplinary approach to learning based on the practical application of scientific, mathematical, technical, and engineering knowledge and skills to solve practical problems for their further use in professional activities and science. The authors assume that the introduction of the main forms of STEM education (STEM lesson, STEM project, STEM quest, STEM hackathon) will contribute to the formation of students' readiness for research activities.
 In order to study the main features of the formation of students' readiness for research activities, the authors of the article used theoretical and empirical research methods: theoretical analysis and generalization of psychological and pedagogical practice; survey; method of expert evaluation: longitudinal research method. To process the empirical data, the procedures of qualitative and quantitative analysis were used. The research work covered 620 7th grade students of general secondary education institutions from 5 regions of Ukraine during the 2021-2022 academic year.
 The research findings do not claim to be an exhaustive solution to the problem, but contain significant conclusions. It is necessary to further study the structure of students' readiness for research work, as well as the use of the latest forms, methods and means of its formation in the learning process.

Analysis of factors of formation of motivation of university students to research activities in the field of innovation

The article presents the results of a sociological study on the formation of university students' motivation for research activities on the example of the experience of Samara National Research University. Internal and external motives and conditions for doing research work of students are considered and identified. The key task of training modern specialists is to form students' readiness for research activities. Important aspects in the training of young professionals are theoretical and practical research. The latest methods and forms of preparing students for scientific work in the field of innovation are likely to provide a deeper combination of theory and practice and, as a result, improve the quality of graduate training. Readiness for research work includes several components: motivational, orientational, activity, reflective component. In this paper, emphasis is placed on the first component motivational, which characterizes the interest in cognition and the motivation of research activities. To motivate students to scientific work in the field of innovation means to touch on their interests, current needs, and also provide an opportunity to express themselves in the innovation field. On the basis of the study, recommendations are given on the organization of research activities of students.

Organization of research activities of cadets of fire-technical specialties in the process of teaching mathematics

The article considers the issue of the formation of research competencies of future fire and techno sphere safety engineers in the process of teaching mathematical disciplines. It is proposed to organize the research activities of cadets, taking into account the principles of practice-oriented teaching. The methodological basis of the research is based on the key provisions of a practice-oriented approach to teaching mathematics, modern methods of scientific and pedagogical research, requirements for the level of development of research competencies among future rescue engineers. The structure of the research activity of cadets in the process of teaching mathematics is presented in the form of four components: motivational, cognitive, activity-based, reflexive. The characteristics of each component from the point of view of practice-oriented learning are given. The types of research activities that contribute to the formation of research competencies of cadets of fire-technical specialties in teaching mathematics are indicated, the goal and educational tasks of performing each type of activity. Requirements for the subject matter, the content of term papers and research work in teaching mathematics to future fire safety engineers are formulated. The examples of assignments for the course work in the discipline "Probability theory and mathematical statistics" are given. A fragment of tasks for research work in higher mathematics for cadets of the specified specialties is presented. The specifics of assessing the level of formation of cadets' readiness for research activities in the study of disciplines of mathematical training cycle are indicated. Incentive and operational criteria are dominant. Based on the results obtained, the goal of the practice-oriented research activity of cadets of fire-technical specialties in the process of teaching mathematics was formulated. The conditions that favor the formation of practice-oriented research competencies of a fire and techno sphere safety engineer in the study of mathematical disciplines are indicated.

THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF THE FORMATION OF RESEARCH CULTURE OF TEACHERS IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

This article presents the modernization of the educational space aimed at self-development of the student, the formation of the research culture of the future teacher-educator at the University. Fundamental changes and innovations in the field of education require great responsibility from teachers. Formation of new approaches to the formation of students ' readiness for research activities. Today, we need a preschool teacher who is able to be active in innovative processes, to study the individual characteristics, capabilities, abilities of the child and, on this basis, to design and organize the educational process in a preschool educational institution. Summing up, the pedagogical conditions that ensure the successful implementation of the model of formation of students ' readiness for research activities in the preschool education system were identified and analyzed. In the course of the study, it was found that for the successful implementation of research activities, a combination of cognitive, professional and value-based, personal and socially significant motives is necessary.

Features of the Implementation of the Principle of Individualization in the Formation of Students’ Readiness for Research Activities and Its Implementation in Music and Pedagogical Education

Features of the Implementation of the Principle of Individualization in the Formation of Students’ Readiness for Research Activities and Its Implementation in Music and Pedagogical Education

CREATING PEDAGOGICAL CONDITIONS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF RESEARCH METHODS OF TEACHING USING IT AND STEM-TECHNOLOGIES IN GENERAL SECONDARY EDUCATION

The article analyzes the experience of introducing a research teaching method using IT and STEM technologies in institutions of general secondary education based on the implementation of the all-Ukrainian project “I am a researcher”. The concepts of educational and research activities, the readiness for its implementation and various aspects of the organization of such activities in the educational process are considered. The theoretical and methodological components (motivational-value, cognitive, practical-activity, reflexive-evaluative) of students’ readiness to carry out educational and research activities and teachers’ readiness to organize such activities have been determined. The levels of the readiness for research activities are characterized: high, sufficient and basic. The results of studies of the state of readiness for research activities of applicants for education using IT and STEM technologies for certain components, indicators and levels are presented. The article presents a description of the pedagogical conditions for the introduction of a research teaching method using IT and STEM technologies in general secondary education institutions as: the improving the content of educational provision and creating modern educational content based on the research teaching method and STEM approaches; development and implementation of a set of management decisions in experimental institutions on the basis of partnership interaction not only of all participants in the educational process, but also of local authorities, employers, business representatives and other stakeholders; creation of scientific and methodological support for the training of teachers and their acquisition of practical experience in the development of research competence of applicants for education based on STEM and IT approaches; participation of school teams in various festivals, competitions, competitions, other motivational STEM events and research areas. The complex of innovative educational products is presented, which includes educational and teaching aids of the I-researcher series for the middle level of education, the didactic system of natural-mathematical primary education “I am a 2.0 researcher” in the first cycle of primary school. The article reflects the promising trends in the further implementation of the research method of teaching using IT and STEM technologies in institutions of general secondary education on the basis of the didactic system of natural and mathematical primary education “I am a researcher 2.0”.

The Analysis of the Influence of Information Environment on the Efficiency of Training Future Masters for Research Activity

The article presents the results of research on the problem of training future masters of humanities for research activity under the conditions of the information environment. The authors reviewed scientific literature, determined the mainstreams of the future masters’ training for research activities, and the dynamics of their readiness for these activities, studied the influence of the information environment of higher educational institutions on the level of the development for research activities. They also developed the provisions for methodological recommendations. The information environment is understood as the possibility to obtain the necessary data, evidence, hypotheses, theories, etc. Much attention is paid to ensuring the quality of professional training through the introduction of stagewise higher education, the formation of the future masters’ professional mobility under the labour market conditions. Based on the review of psychological and pedagogical literature, we determined the pedagogical conditions for the development of future masters' readiness for research activities: ensuring the future masters’ training within the modern information environment; formation of the future masters’ motivation for research activities in the information environment; introduction of a competent approach into the future masters of humanities training; ensuring the integration of academic subjects in the future masters’ training for research activity. Based on the results of the study, we determined the main tasks of further research. The authors confirmed the reliability of the research results by the Student’s t-test and Fisher’s F-test.

Dissemination of professional experience in development students' readiness for research activities

Conceptual approaches to developing the readiness of future specialists in the field of advertising and public relations for research activities are considered. The question of the need for developing experience, skills, research activities, considering the dissemination of professional experience, the main motives and incentives for its acquisition is actualized.

FORMATION OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH COMPETENCE OF STUDENTS IN THE PROCESS OF PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

The article covers the relevant scientific research competence of a foreign language teacher in modern conditions, describes its structure and content. The main methods of research include analysis of scientific literature, generalization and systematization of pedagogical experience on the problem, the survey of students to determine their readiness for research activities. The purpose of the presented research is a theoretical analysis of the formation of scientific research competence of students. The result of the study is to consider formation of research activities among students, which includes three stages: preparatory, main, and final with a set of tasks for each of them. The analysis of practical research has confirmed that specifically designed training is required to prepare students for scientific research activities. The most effective ways of forming scientific research competence involve different types of tasks, but the basics of the analysis are composed of specific methodological cases at a foreign language lesson. It can be stated that the formation of scientific research competence consists of a number of stages ensuring the formation of all its components as a complex. In conclusion scientific research competence creates favorable conditions for professional competence development of a foreign language teacher, as well as it has a positive impact on the development of the cognitive field of an individual.

Technology to form Students’ Readiness for Research in Engineering Universities

The relevance of the problem under consideration is caused by the existing discrepancy between the increased need of society and the state for high quality engineering education, and the actual level of readiness of graduates of engineering universities to perform their professional functions, as well as insufficient development of the theoretical foundations of students training in research in the context of competence-oriented education. The purpose of the article is to solve the problem of training students for the research activity in the course of independent work and research during the educational process at engineering university. Based on the systematization and development of existing approaches to solving the problem of training of students of engineering universities for research, which contributes to the development of a functional model, the authors propose the method of preparing students for research. The article describes the development of practical experience in research activities during the participation of students in scientific seminars; represents the process of using the project method, end-to-end research tasks when preparing the course and qualification works; the issue is considered on consolidating and improving the experience of research activities of future engineers during all kinds of practical training. The pedagogical experiment was aimed at identifying the effectiveness of independent and research work in the course of formation of students' readiness for research activities in the framework of the functional model. The materials of the article can be used by the academic staff of engineering universities, specialists in the field of pedagogy, theory, and methodology of vocational education, as well as in the system of extended education.

A model of readiness for research activity of students of pedagogical high school and teachers of educational institutions

The paper is devoted to the consideration of the problem of finding approaches to assessing the level of formation of teachers’ readiness for research activities, as one of the important components of their professional practice. Recognition of the significance of the phenomenon under consideration in the educational sphere and the realization that the system of pedagogical support for research activities of future teachers in pedagogical higher educational institutions, and teachers in the system of raising their qualifications to some extent outdated, require their substantial renewal. In this connection, the problems of searching for approaches to the study of ways of forming teachers’ readiness for research activities become relevant, which makes it necessary to build a model of such readiness itself. The aim of the paper is to analyze the state and develop a model of readiness for research activities of students of a pedagogical higher educational institution and teachers of educational institutions. The main research methods are theoretical analysis of scientific and psychological-pedagogical literature devoted to the problem of research, testing of teachers of general educational institutions, bachelors and masters studying at a pedagogical university, methods of mathematical processing of statistical data. Means of researching the problem posed is criterion-based questionnaire-test tools, which allow to identify correlation dependencies between the indicators of the components of readiness for research activities and the levels of its formation. The study was conducted on the basis of the Krasnoyarsk State Pedagogical University named after VP. Astafyev with the participation of bachelors, master and teachers of educational institutions. The analysis of the state of the problem of research activities in the training of future teachers in a pedagogical university and teachers of educational institutions based on questionnaire and test diagnosed tools revealed correlations between the indicators of the four components in the structure of students’ readiness for research (motivational, cognitive, activity, reflexive) and levels this readiness (student, practitioner, theorist, research leader). The obtained dependencies and research data allowed to form a model of readiness for research activities of students of a pedagogical university and teachers of educational institutions, describing the degree of formation of each component at each level. The article materials may be useful for the organization of computer diagnostics of the readiness in question. Such diagnostics will not only allow automated identification of the level of readiness for research activities, but also give recommendations on the development of a particular characteristic, show how close the respondent is to the next level and what he needs to do to do this.

DEVELOPING CREATIVE PERSONALITY IN FUTURE LECTURERS IN PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION (OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH) IN THE CONTEXT OF RESEARCH ACTIVITIES DURING PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

The article deals with the issues of developing creative personality in future lecturers in professional education (occupational safety and health) in the context of research activities during professional training. The article proves that the development of creative personality expands the limits of students’ learning and research activities. Professional pedagogical training of future lecturers in professional education (occupational safety and health) for research and creative activities contributes to developing new knowledge and skills in the organization of research in accordance with professional qualities of lecturers. Based on the analysis of scientific sources, the concept of creativity in future lecturers in professional education (occupational safety and health) is regarded as a comprehensive activity and development of something new, which is the opposite to a stereotyped pattern activity, and shapes creative imagination characterized by the high level of creativity, pronounced personal qualities and сapacity for creative and research activities, which contribute to effective professional performance. The readiness for research activities in future lecturers in professional education (occupational safety and health) is defined as the result of professional training and a qualitative characteristic of their creative activities based on relevant abilities and skills required to conduct research activities and projects, which allow them to use the acquired skills when conducting scientific research due to the well-developed theoretical foundations of the essence and content of the research process. The article shows that research activities are a powerful mechanism for developing creativity in future lecturers in professional education (occupational safety and health) and one of the main objectives of higher education in accordance with the new requirements of society for professional training of specialists able to solve professional and research tasks independently, actively and creatively.

The competency levels of disabled students who study in university

The article is devoted to the problem of inclusive education of students with disabilities at the university. The article analyses the study of the readiness of students with disabilities to research activities. The success of studying at a university depends on the psychological readiness of disabled students to educational and professional activities. Research activities are the main type of educational and professional activities. We studied the readiness levels of students with disabilities from the Belgorod State National Research University for the research activities. We obtained interesting data on the levels of the disabled students’ readiness to research activities. Most disabled students are not ready for the research activities. Students with disabilities experience difficulties in self-regulation, their goals in research activities are related to internal well-being, the communicative orientation is the leading emotional focus in research activities; the motivation to research activities is reduced. Efforts should be made to improve disabled students' university activities.
 Keywords: Disabled students, inclusive education, readiness for research activities, psychological and pedagogical support.

Формирование готовности к научно-исследовательской деятельности в образовании у студентов педагогического вуза (профиль «История»)

Формирование готовности к научно-исследовательской деятельности в образовании у студентов педагогического вуза (профиль «История»)

A MODEL OF SMART ENVIRONMENT FOR TRAINING FUTURE INFORMATICS TEACHERS IN PROGRAMMING IN A NETWORKED CLUSTERED AND DISTRIBUTED INTEGRATION

The article presents the author's model of network cluster-distributed integration of pedagogical University with educational organizations of the region for joint training in the field of programming of students of specialized classes and future teachers of Informatics on the basis of tools of specially created smart environment. On the example of the content of the subject area "Languages and methods of programming" describes the possibility of integration of pedagogical University with secondary schools to strengthen the line of preparation of subjects of the educational process to collective research activities in the field of information technology. The article describes the tools of the smart environment, allowing to implement subsets of virtual platforms, providing a full cycle of solving problems of pedagogical management of the process of preparation of research projects, jointly performed by students and schoolchildren in a distributed mode. And as a key means of training the authors suggest the use of personalized training materials and tasks designed in the environment using machine learning algorithms. At the same time, the special feature of the proposed model is the availability of means of gamification of the main stages of project implementation, allowing to maintain the necessary level of educational motivation. It is assumed that such a model can be the basis for solving the scientific and methodological problem of ensuring the effectiveness of the process of subject training of future teachers of computer science in the field of programming, taking into account its increasing role in the formation of intellectual capital of personnel for the digital economy and the realities of digital transformation of higher education, while strengthening the readiness for research activities.

FORMATION OF READINESS FUTURE ENGINEERS TO RESEARCH IN THE INDEPENDENT AND RESEARCH WORK

The article presents a method of formation of readiness for research activities in the independent and research work of students of engineering schools were used in the experimental work to verify the effectiveness of the process model of training future engineers to research. Substantiates the legality and appropriateness of the establishment and operation action groups focused on creative execution of research tasks, the results of which were presented at conferences; describes the process of formation of the practical experience of research activities with the participation of students in research seminars; shows the process of using the method of projects through research assignments in the performance of coursework, qualifying works; considered to consolidate and improve the experience of future research engineers during all practices.

DIAGNOSING THE READINES OF TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY STUDENTS FOR RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

The paper is devoted to the technique designed for diagnosing the technical university student’s readiness for research activities that is closely related to the research competence structure. Based on the survey results and literature analysis, the authors considered ten primary components of the readiness in question, and analyzed each component along with the corresponding weight value, mean value, and probability density. Consequently, the high level of academic knowledge and motivation for research activity were singled out as the priority components. The paper describes the linear mathematical model, developed for diagnosing student’s readiness for research activities, and presents the minimum, maximum and threshold values of diagnostic assessments, and the relating indicators. The given model can be used as the basic one for developing a test software product for students and research supervisors diagnosing the readiness for research activity