The dissertation explores the state of the theory and practice of the professional training of the future officers of missile and artillery armament in higher military educational institutions. The concept of the professional training of the future officers of missile and artillery armament is substantiated, which is based on the requirements for their professional preparation, training traditions, developed in the system of higher military education, and is focusing on the ability and willingness of military experts to realize themselves in their profession. The concept includes the following: at the methodological level, the integration of the competence approach, learner-centered approach, activity-oriented approach, systems approach, integrative approach, technological approach, synergistic approach, and practice-oriented approach, combination of social and individual aims of training, necessity to increase the role of military experts; at the theoretical level, a number of input data, parameters, definitions, which enable to understand the content of researching and contains the scientific substantiation of the pedagogical system of professional training of the future officers of missile and artillery armament; at the methodical level, the idea that the pedagogical support of the training system of the future officers of missile and artillery armament for professional work should have a systematic nature, ensure the integration of educational courses and be implemented with the help of innovative educational technologies.
The following pedagogical conditions of developing professional competence of the future officers of missile and artillery armament are substantiated: increasing the motivation while developing a willingness for professional work; integration of general and specialized knowledge of professional competence of the future officers of missile and artillery armament; developing the skills of combat response of the future officers of missile and artillery armament; enhancing the professional competency of the scientific and teaching staff in specific military subjects. The basis for their identifying is general scientific principles (systems principle, integrative principle, fundamental principle, future orientation principle, continuity principle, inter-subject and interdisciplinary integrity, scientific principle, academic consistency, learning capacity) and specific principles (interaction with other types of training in higher military educational institutions, developing psychological readiness to carry out professional missions, completeness of military professional training) of the organization of educational process in HMEI. The first pedagogical condition is focused on increasing motivation of cadets during the whole period of studying in higher military educational institutions. The second pedagogical condition includes integration of general and specialized knowledge that results in increasing professional competence of future officers of missile and artillery armament. The third pedagogical condition is focused on developing the skills of combat response, which is an integrative process that reflects logical transformations in the development of the holistic entity of various components previously divided. The fourth pedagogical condition is implemented through further training, which includes the complex of interrelated subsystems: course increase, methodological work of HMEI, independent work, self-education.
The pedagogical system, which is designed for training future officers of missile and artillery armament and determines the quality training of military experts, is a holistic entity and an important tool of developing staff potential of the Land Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It consists of the following interrelated sections: targeted, theoretical and methodological, motivational and stimulating, resource supporting, instrumental and methodical, action-bearing, procedural, and diagnostic-efficient. The effectiveness of the developed pedagogical system of training future officers of missile and artillery armament is tested experimentally.
