ON DEVELOPMENT OF CREATIVITY OF TEACHERS IN ENGINEERING UNIVERSITIES

Abstract

Currently, the system of higher education must comply with modern trends in economic development, which requires training new personnel with innovative potential. To develop creativity and innovative behavior in students, it is necessary to introduce new pedagogical technologies into the educational process, including the use of rapidly developing information and digital technologies, taking into account modern scientific and production technologies. The study analyzes and studies the existing innovative approaches and methods for developing creativity of students and educators. The scientific novelty of the study lies in the creation of a model for the development of innovative competencies through the activation of teaching by teachers of their disciplines within the framework of advanced training programs (The program “Development of Creativity of a University Teacher” 36 hours and the discipline ”Innovations in Engineering Pedagogy” of the professional retraining program for teachers “Innovative Pedagogy for Teachers of Engineering Universities”, tested and implemented at KNRTU). Despite the extensive work that has been done, such work is carried out fragmentarily and not systematically, the possibilities of applying innovative methods in various disciplines and the possibility of creating their own pedagogical methods by educators have not been fully explored. Pedagogical observations, analysis of feedback from students showed that innovative methods created by educators themselves or active teaching methods used by them improve students’ academic performance, help to better assimilate the material, increase satisfaction with learning, allow students to generate new ideas for improving the designs of the technical installations studied and improve their performance characteristics. Thus, our study contributes to the development of creativity pedagogy and the development of innovative competencies of educators and students.