COGNITIVE INTEREST AS THE MOST IMPORTANT PEDAGOGICAL CONDITION FOR THE FORMATION OF ECONOMIC CULTURE AMONG CADETS OF A MARITIME UNIVERSITY

Abstract

The research substantiates the validity of the application of cognitive interest as one of the strategic pedagogical conditions for the formation of economic culture among cadets of a maritime university. The task of the publication is to familiarize the general pedagogical community with the content of the most important essential provisions of cognitive interest, its application in the practice of forming their economic culture during their studies at the university. The methodology of this study provides a meaningful analysis of the approaches of Russian scientists to the phenomenon of “cognitive interest”, identifying its characteristic features and determining ways to implement it as an important pedagogical condition. In the course of the research, the following pedagogical methods are consistently used: theoretical analysis, content analysis, content analysis of reference literature, individual and group conversations, survey, synthesis, generalization, concretization. The result of the conducted research is the substantiation of the possibility of using the pedagogical potential of cognitive interest as an essential pedagogical condition for the formation of economic culture among cadets of a maritime university. The use of the proposed ways of applying cognitive interest in professional training has a positive effect on the results of the formation of economic culture among cadets of a modern maritime university.