In the thesis, the theoretical and methodological bases of professional training of future engineers in the conditions of project-based learning were investigated. The role of engineering in forming modern scientific and engineering picture of the world was analyzed. The analysis of the system of professional training of future engineers in Ukraine and in the world as well as the accreditation materials of leading world engineering boards and results of surveys of Ukrainian stakeholders was carried out. It was shown, that the engineering design and problem-solving skills, the ability to work as the part of multidisciplinary teams, the ability to work with information and self-directed learning are among the crucial for future engineers, but they aren’t developed well enough.
The conception of professional training of future engineers in the conditions of project-based learning is proposed. The aim of the conception is to work out scientific and methodological bases for increasing the level of formed professional competence of future engineers, which is considered as the combination of subject-specific and generic competencies.
The model of the system of professional training of future engineers, which consists of conceptual, content, procedural and results blocks was developed. It is based on the principles of orientation on professional engineering activity, systemicity and consistency, fundamentalization and professional mobility. Determined organizational and pedagogical conditions cover the competence, cognitive, context, organization and technological aspects. The necessity of using innovative pedagogical technologies in order to organize students work taking into account the peculiarities of project activity was determined. Implementing of hybrid learning is considered to be the efficient way of transiting to modern educational approaches. Integrating it into the current system of professional training of future engineers contributes to involving students into engineering practice and expanding connections between disciplines. In order to assess the level of formed professional competence of future engineers its structure was worked out based on the methodology of Tuning and Tuning-AHELO.
The system of professional training of future engineers in the conditions of project-based learning is seen as the flexible dynamic combination of interrelated elements: aims, objectives, content, forms, methods, tools, innovative technologies, results.
The content of professional training of future engineers in the conditions of project-based learning is considered as the holistic system, which corresponds to the demands of modern society, allowing the support of combining contextual and procedural aspects of the learning process. The idea of working out the projects from the academic sphere is proposed.
Results of experimental investigation of the efficiency of the proposed system of professional training of future engineers in the conditions of project-based learning showed that introducing the project-based learning for the wide list of subjects and educational components is the effective approach to developing practically oriented and management skills as well as communicative, personal and cognitive abilities. The quantity estimation of experimental research was carried out by using the methods of mathematical statistics. Obtained results proved the qualitative changes for members of experimental groups.
