Results of initial diagnostics of professionally significant personal qualities of secondary education students in the framework of contextual learning

the aim of the study is to conduct an initial diagnosis of professionally significant personal qualities of secondary vocational education students studying in engineering fields, taking into account the context of professional tasks. The article specifies internal and external factors that allow the formation of the above qualities, as well as the characteristics of educational institutions - colleges. The internal factor is based, first of all, on the personality of the future specialist, values, motivation. The external factor changes due to the challenges of the modern economy, new conditions of the labor market. A feature of secondary vocational education is the possibility of rapid training, which is an undoubted advantage of this level of education. However, in this case, a contradiction arises, consisting in the fact that there is a need to balance between the practice and the theoretical part of training. In addition, the author carried out experimental work on the basis of Biysk State College and Biysk Industrial and Technological College. Two groups participated in the pedagogical experiment - control (n = 378 people) and experimental (n = 410 people). The pedagogical experiment revealed an insufficient level of formation of professionally significant personal qualities of engineering specialists according to three criteria: value, personality-oriented, reflexive. The practical significance of this work lies in the actualization of the problematic linked to the humanitarian component of modern engineering education.

engineering education, contextual learning, professionally significant personal qualities, college, internal factor, external factor