DEVELOPING PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL QUALITIES IN POWER ENGINEERING MASTER’S STUDENTS DURING RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Abstract

The article addresses current issues related to developing sought-after professional and personal qualities in power engineering master’s students. This development focuses on analytical skills, engineering thinking, and technological literacy, aimed at solving professional problems in the face of global challenges. Within the legal framework, the author documents the relevance of developing updated qualities in future energy specialists within the master’s program, including the findings of domestic and international scholars. Noting the high importance of developing professional and personal qualities, the author concludes that modern power engineering master’s students bear a heavy burden of responsibility for the future well-being of the country and the achievement of technological sovereignty, which require the development of a range of professional and personal qualities. To address the stated research objectives, a theoretical and methodological analysis of the essence and content of the professional and personal qualities of a Master’s degree student in the energy sector is presented in the context of new employer requirements. A content analysis was used to identify the most essential characteristics of a Master’s degree student in the energy sector, the development of which is presented through the method of experimental work and the implementation of the author’s course “Fundamentals of Scientific Research Activity of a Master’s Degree Student in the Energy Sector.” Using the experimental method, the author was able to demonstrate the effectiveness of the implemented course and demonstrate prospects for further development of this topic. The article concludes: the obtained control results for the levels of professional and personal qualities show a certain trend, but are far from 100% consistent, which dictates further promising development of the stated problem.