THE CONCEPT AS AN INTEGRATOR OF THE CONTENT OF SOCIAL AND HUMANITARIAN DISCIPLINES IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION

Abstract

The article touches upon a topical issue of designing the content of social and humanitarian disciplines in engineering education at the transitional stage of restructuring the Russian higher education system in the development and implementation of educational standards of a new generation. The author considers the design of the content of social and humanitarian disciplines by integrating areas of scientific knowledge using the example of the socio-psychological module (SPM). As an integrator of the content of the module under study, the author, using her pedagogical experience, considers the concept, its concept and the potential for application in the didactic design of educational programs in technical universities. Tasks of building a system of concepts of different levels, establishing a connection between concepts and universal competencies of graduates, set by educational standards of a new generation, are fulfilled. The study shows the effectiveness of using a conceptual approach in designing the content of SPM in engineering education, presenting educational material from the perspective of the national-state idea of the professional activity of a specialist in Russian society.