The dissertation is a theoretical and experimental study of prognostic competence formation of future computer science bachelors in the professional training process.
In the Introduction, the relevance and practicality of the chosen topic are substantiated; the object, subject, purpose, tasks, research methods are formulated; scientific novelty, the practical significance of the work is revealed; information on approbation and implementation of the obtained results are given.
In the first section – “Theoretical and methodological principles of the problem of formation prognostic competence of future computer science bachelors in the professional training process” - based on the study of scientific and pedagogical literature, an analysis of scientific approaches to substantiate the prognostic competence of future bachelors of computer science as a modern interdisciplinary phenomenon has been carried out. The diagnostics of the initial level of the specified competence in students are given. The stages of the introduction of pedagogical technology in the practice of university education are distinguished: motivational-target, activity, and evaluation-reflexive. The corresponding forms, methods, and means of realization of the educational process, including distance education conditions, are given within the specified steps. Modernization of the educational process content in the main areas is revealed: conducting disciplines of general and professional training cycles (“Introduction to the profession”, “Foreign language”, “Higher mathematics (Probability theory and mathematical statistics)”, “Fundamentals of programming (Object Oriented Programming)”, “Network technologies and security (cybersecurity)”, “Fundamentals of psychology and pedagogy”, “Sociology”), enriched with topics on prognostic competence in the activities of IT professionals; conducting an elective discipline “Prognostic activities in the field of information technology”, a variety of forms and methods of the classroom, extracurricular activities, etc. The practicality of using digital tools for an online demonstration, simulation, and experiment is substantiated; organization of webinars; visualizations; creation of mental maps and knowledge maps; virtual digital boards, including the implementation of distance education. The content of realization of training based on researches is presented: work of students in a scientific circle on current problems of programming “Computer systems”; implementation of non-formal education (courses, training, master classes on open online platforms); performing research tasks; participation of students in scientific competition events (International and All-Ukrainian student Olympiads, competitions of student research papers, conferences, exhibitions, and master classes); meetings of students with stakeholders and graduates of the educational-professional program).
As a result of the pedagogical experiment, it is proved that the majority of future bachelors of computer sciences have reached high and average levels of prognostic competence formation. It is established that the control and experimental groups differ statistically in their indicators. Changes that characterize the experimental group are statistically significant compared with the observational stage of the experiment. These facts are a necessary confirmation that the formation of prognostic competence in terms of its organization as technology is effective.
Perspective directions of further researches as the development of the problem of future teachers of humanitarian specialties’ readiness formation to work in the conditions of polyethnic educational space using non-formal and informal education are allocated.
