Denderenko O. Formation of professional competence of future marine engineers in the integration process of natural and general technical disciplines

The problem of forming the professional competence of the future marine engineers by integrating natural disciplines (physics) and general technical disciplines (hydromechanics, technical mechanics, technical thermodynamics, electrical engineering) is investigated in the dissertation. Clarification of the concepts of "integration", "formation of professional competence of the future marine engineer" was completed. Characterized components of professional competence of future marine engineers, criteria and levels for the diagnosis of competency are defined. Models of future marine engineers' professional competence formation are developed and substantiated in the dissertation. The pedagogical conditions of the proposed models of natural integration and general technical disciplines as a means of formation professional competence in future marine engineers are determined. Pedagogical approaches for the implementation of integration are disclosed in the dissertation. A complex of educational and methodological support for implementation of the integration of natural and general technical disciplines in the higher marine educational institution, which includes methodical recommendations, study guides, programs of educational disciplines, are developed. Pedagogical experiment was conducted in maritime colleges by three developed models, and it confirmed the developed models of effectiveness for the formation of professional competence of future marine engineers by integrating natural disciplines (physics) and general engineering disciplines (hydromechanics, technical mechanics, technical thermodynamics, electrical engineering).