The dissertation deals with the problem of forming the graphic competence of the future engineers-pedagogues of computer profile. The place, the structure and the content, as well as the peculiarities of forming the graphic competence of future engineers-pedagogues of computer profile have been clarified. Graphic competence is understood as the combination of basic graphic knowledge and skills, as well as professional experience, multiplied to emotional intelligence (the ability of proper dealing with the own emotions and responding to other people’s emotions) in combination with creativity (practical result of creativity) and self-improvement (development, mobility).
Based on the study of the structure of the concept of graphic competence of the future engineers-pedagogues of computer profile, axiological (formation of motivation and attitude to the profession of engineer-teacher), cognitive (formation of professionally significant knowledge, skills and professional experience), creative (knowledge of using acquired skills in non-standard situations), socio-psychological (emotional intelligence, conflict / tact of the student) and communicative components (the formation of student) have been highlighted.
As the criterion of the axiological component, the motivational-prognostic criterion has been singled out, as cognitive component – intellectual-activity criterion; as creative component – personal-creative criterion; as social-psychological component – constructive-reflexive criterion; as communicative component – linguistic-organizational criterion.
On the basis of the analysis of the pedagogical literature, three levels of graphic competence of the future engineers-pedagogues of computer profile have been identified and characterized: reproductive (low), reconstructive (medium) and creative (high).
According to the purpose of the research, pedagogical conditions have been allocated that provide positive influence on the educational process: development of thinking activity; integration of pedagogical and engineering component of the specialty; purposeful formation of positive student motivation; systematic monitoring of the level of formation of components of graphical competence to improve the system of its formation.
The tasks of the study have been carried out on the basis of the development and implementation of the structural and functional model of forming the graphic competence of the future engineers-pedagogues of computer profile, consisting of three blocks – target (aimed at a social order, according to which the purpose and objectives of educational and pedagogical activity is determined) , content (contains principles, methods, forms and means of achieving the goal of activity) and analytical-productive (the block consists of components, criteria, indicators and levels of forming graphical competencies on which performance monitoring is based). The pedagogical conditions are distinguished as a separate element, the complex application of which depends on the efficiency of functioning of each block in particular and the model as a whole.
The effectiveness of implementation of the proposed changes in the educational process has been confirmed by the positive results of the experimental study, the reliability and objectivity of which were determined on the basis of the use of mathematical statistics methods, determination and interpretation of the Student’s t-criterion value.
