WORKBOOK AS A DIDACTIVE MEANS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION OF A MILITARY UNIVERSITY’S TRAINEES AND TO MOTIVATE THEM FOR SELF LEARNING

Abstract

The article describes the process of developing and introducing workbooks for the “Electrical engineering and electronics” and “Mechanics” courses in a military university. The article also builds on the fact that currently the system of higher military education is based on State Educational Standards for the Higher Education, which, in turn, were developed in accordance with the competency-based approach to education. The role of the trainees’ self learning, which, according to the Standards, is an essential component of the educational process in a military university, is broken down in the article as well. Workbooks are shown to be a method of motivating trainees to do out-of-classroom studies and of improving its effectiveness. The article highlights the necessity and specificities of the use of the workbooks as a part of the educational process in a military university based on the following factors: decrease in the amount of the class hours while preserving the amount of the material covered by the course, limited level of the mathematical knowledge of the trainees, as well as the necessity to form key competences of three levels – universal cultural, universal professional and professional – according to FGOS-3 VPO. The structure of the workbooks, developed for the “Electrical engineering and electronics” and “Mechanics” courses, as well as examples of the tasks aimed at different levels of competency which amount the base part of the workbooks, are covered by the article. Information, provided by the article, allows one to come to the conclusion that utilizing workbooks as part of the educational process for the trainees motivates them to internalize the contents of a course, shapes their professional competences, improves quality of education in general professional courses, which manifests in the growth of the grade average of the “Electrical engineering and electronics” and “Mechanics” courses.