Programming of pedagogical technology for formation of professional competence studying special disciplines in agricultural engineering sciences

The article deals with the problem of the formation of professional competence of the future engineers in the integration process of special disciplines into the agro-engineering sciences. There has been scientifically substantiated and experimentally verified the efficiency of methodology for the formation of professional competence of the future agro-engineers by integrating special disciplines, based on personal activity, competence, problem-integrative, contextual and system approaches. The psychological and pedagogical conditions for the implementation of the methodology in the process of studying agricultural mechanics, the theory of agricultural machines, machine use in the crop production and animal husbandry, etc. are determined and theoretically substantiated. The purpose of this article is the problem of the formation of sustainable professional competence of the future agricultural engineers in the integration process of natural and general technical disciplines into the special disciplines from the basic training profile. Based on the results of the research, a methodology was built, in which the effectiveness of the formation of professional competence of future agricultural engineers was scientifically substantiated and experimentally verified by integrating fundamental disciplines into special ones. There are determined and theoretically substantiated psychological and pedagogical conditions for the implementation of the developed models in the process of studying these disciplines. There is proved the efficiency of the developed logical models and their impact upon the components of professional competence, which is carried out by applying approaches to the assimilation of the scientific knowledge, the use of integrative learning technologies, as well as increasing the cognitive activity, motivating students to study special disciplines. The developed technologies for the formation of professional competence in the study of special disciplines in agricultural engineering sciences can significantly increase the level of professional knowledge of the future engineer of agro-industrial production.