ON THE APPLICATION OF COGNITIVE INTEREST IN THE PRACTICE OF CONDUCTING CONVENTIONAL TRAINING OF CADETS OF A MARITIME UNIVERSITY

Abstract

The most important block of professional training for cadets of swimming specialties of a maritime university is the block of conventional training, which equips students with professional competencies for actions in difficult and extreme conditions of navigation. The specifics of new knowledge, the dynamics of the development of an emergency situation, the specifics of the actions of sailors to keep the ship afloat require thorough knowledge, developed skills and abilities. To do this, teachers of conventional disciplines are obliged to fully develop the cognitive interest of each cadet in mastering new knowledge and becoming a professionally competent and in-demand marine specialist. This publication has been prepared in order to familiarize teachers and instructors of conventional training at Russian maritime universities with the essential foundations of using the potential of cognitive interest to activate the attitude of cadets to conventional disciplines and their successful development of educational material needed for future naval service on ships of the Russian transport fleet. The methodology of this study contains a set of pedagogical methods (essential analysis; content analysis, deduction, survey; conversations; synthesis; systematization) used for the qualitative conduct of this theoretical research. The result of the research is the systematized essential foundations of the creative use of cognitive interest developed and proposed to teachers and practical instructors in order to better master the conventional disciplines by cadets. These recommendations make it possible to draw the attention of teachers and instructors of conventional training of marine educational organizations (universities, colleges, vocational schools, marine schools, various advanced training courses) to the potential of cognitive interest, and on this basis to ensure increased efficiency and effectiveness of teaching conventional disciplines for high-quality professional training of cadets for future professional activities.