DISCIPLINARY CONVERGENCE AS A MEANS OF FOSTERING A CULTURE OF SAFE BEHAVIOR AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

Abstract

The article reveals the pedagogical potential of disciplinary convergence as a systemic means of fostering a culture of safe behavior among students of higher educational institutions. The author substantiates the transition from traditional interdisciplinarity to a synergetic fusion of natural science, socio-humanitarian and technological knowledge, designed and experimentally verified a structural and functional model of fostering a culture of safe behavior of students based on disciplinary convergence. Based on the application of Pearson’s x2 consent criterion, the high pedagogical effectiveness of the developed binary classes and convergent cases has been proven. The presented results demonstrate a significant decrease in the reactive and an increase in the proactive (high) level of formation of a culture of safe behavior among the students of the experimental group. Promising areas of practical application and scaling of the obtained didactic results are described.