UDC 004:378-057.21
DOI: https://doi.org/10.30839/2072-7941.2018.149669

THE ROLE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION
TECHNOLOGIES IN THE SYSTEM OF FORMING OF
PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCES OF ENGINEERS

© VASILENKO, T. H.
Zaporizhzhia State Engineering Academy (Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine)
E-mail: tatyana.vasilenko2012@gmail.com, ORCID 0000-0001-6166-0617
© DOBROVOLSKA, O. H.
Zaporizhzhia State Engineering Academy (Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine)
E-mail: dogoks@gmail.com, ORCID 0000-0002-1337-7216

Abstract. Actuality of the conducted research is practically oriented character. Without
the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the field of higher
education, it is impossible to carry out qualitative training of specialists in engineering, the
results of which are necessary for the implementation of a national strategy for modernizing
the economy and forming a progressive state of European type. Formulation of the task - the
specificity of the use of ICT in the system of higher education has not been studied
sufficiently. ICT form a complex environment, which includes a lot of information objects
and the links between them. It can be argued that the structural and functional analysis of the
use of ICT in higher education is the basis of the theoretical justification in the formation of
technical professionalism of future engineers. ICTs form a complex system, which includes
not only technical and software-hardware capabilities, but also psycho-pedagogical,
organizational, methodological. Without taking into account all of these components, as well
as the needs of the subjects of the educational process, the use of ICT tools (especially
centralized) may be accompanied by risks and negatively affect the quality of high education.
An analysis of recent research and publications-is actively exploring the experience of using
ICT in high school, it is possible to distinguish the work of foreign specialists D. Stevenson,
G. Reinhold, E. Wenger, S. Papierta, I. Zakharova, E. Patarakina, A. Khutorskogo, E. Polat
The founders of this scientific direction in our country were M. I. Zhaldak, Y. I.Mashbits. The
recent significant increase in the number of studies, the subject of which was the use of
information and communication technologies in the educational process. Tsitemi in Ukraine is
dedicated to the study of such scholars as V. Yu. Bykov, Ya.V. Bulakhova, O.M.
Bondarenko, V.F. Zabolotny, G.O. Kozlakova, O. Moiko, O. Naumenko, Yu.Burovitskaya, I.
Stavyts'ka, O.P. Pinchuk, O.V. Shestopal and others. Selection of unexplored parts of the
general problem. The use of information technologies in the educational process is the
foundation of innovative development of the educational system. The rapid development of
ICT provides not only significant pace of innovative progress, but also requires the definition
(limitation) of information resources that guarantee the quality of learning, the choice of
techniques that are in line with the general strategy for the formation of professional
competences. Therefore, the problem of choosing an approach to the process of learning with
the use of ICTs remains one of the main tasks of education. Research methods. In theory and
practice, the study of the application of information and communication technologies (ICT) in
high school uses empirical methods of collecting and analyzing information based on the
results of the survey of 120 students. Presenting main material. The essence of
professionalism of future specialists of the technical direction is revealed. The scientific point
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of view on the professionalism of the engineer is presented. The peculiarities of formation of
the basis of technical professionalism of future engineers in the process of studying at a higher
school are theoretically grounded. The quantitative and qualitative analysis of the results of
empirical researches of this problem is presented. The practical significance of the research
topic is that the innovative approaches to the training of specialists in engineering specialties
are differentiated, which differentiate in the educational concepts of teaching in higher
educational institutions of European countries.
Key words: engineering education; information and communication technologies;
professional competency; integrative-activity training