In the dissertation are conducted the theoretical substantiation and the practical decision of problems concerning the development of the innovative potential of students of the institution of higher technical education which is shown in the definition of psychological maintenance and structure of innovative potential of a personality, identifying the peculiarities of the formation of its components, establishing relationships between them, implementation of the factor configuration of internal resources, substantiation and experimental verification of sociopsychological conditions for the effectiveness of the training program in the process of professional training of future engineers.
The main results of the research are presented in three sections of the dissertation.
In section 1 "Scientific and theoretical approaches to the problem of studying the development of innovative potential of a personality" provides a theoretical analysis of approaches to the study of the phenomenon of innovative potential of a personality, in particular: anthropological; sociological; sociopsychological.
The concept of "innovative potential of a personality" is operationalized through the prism of revealing the basic characteristics of such concepts as "innovation" and "potential". This research is based on a combination of these two phenomena, which allowed consideration and under-standing of innovation potential as an integrative set of internal resources of a personality and external conditions of their implementation, which determine its ability to create, develop and implement new, unique for society.
There are highlighted individual psychological features as prerequisites for the development of the innovative potential of a personality. The degree of significance of individual psychological characteristics of a personality depends on the specific innovation cycle (creation – development – implementation).
There are analyzed organizational practices of the development of the innovative potential of students of the institution of higher technical education. In particular, the leading role in the development of the innovation potential of students belongs to entrepreneurial universities, which operate according to the "knowledge triangle" (education – research – innovation).
There are substantiated the content and structure of the innovative potential of a personality, which, as a holistic formation and a kind of organization of mental resources, represents a holistic multicomponent structure, which includes motivational (achievement motivation, situational self-actualization), cognitive (leading cognitive modality intelligence), creative (creative potential and imagination), emotional-volitional (localization of control, emotional stability), regulatory (individual style of self-regulation, self-esteem) components.
In section 2 "Empirical research of the components of the innovative potential of engineering students" are described the organization of the ascertaining experiment and research methods. The sample, which consisted of 438 students of engineering specialties 1–5 courses of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, are divided into three groups: 1)"innovators"; 2) "potential innovators"; 3) "conservatives".
There are revealed the peculiarities of the formation of the components of the innovative potential of engineering students.
In section 3 "Conditions for the development of the innovative potential of students of an institution of higher technical education" are substantiated the necessary and favorable social and psychological conditions that affect the development of the innovative potential of students of an institution of higher technical education.
There are developed and tested program of development of the innovative potential of students of the technical university, which includes five stages: 1) hypothesis; 2) generation; 3) conceptualization; 4) optimization; 5) implementation. The tasks and content of the program of development of this component are substantiated, which includes the following sections: "Innovative and creative orientation of personality"; "Technologies of an individual generation of innovative ideas"; "Conceptualization of innovative ideas"; "Formation of the basis for making innovative decisions"; "Commercialization of creative results".
There are carried out an experimental test of the sociopsychological conditions for the development of the innovative potential of engineering students. Comparative analysis of the results in the experimental and control groups of the formative experiment showed that the developed program for the development of the creative component of innovation potential is effective.
Keywords: innovative potential, personality, resources, psychological conditions, social conditions, students, the institution of higher technical education.
