Formation of Engineers' Professional Orientation at Technical Higher Educational Institutions
The orientation acts as the system forming quality of the personality defining its psychological features. The goals and motives of human activities, its subjective attitudes towards different aspects of reality are expressed in an orientation. The article is devoted to the formation analysis of engineers' professional orientation at technical higher educational institutions. Results of experimental data monitoring on professional orientation formation in the University Educational Complex are presented. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n5s1p117
The Analysis of Educational Projects for Continuous Training of Engineers at Various Stages of the Profile Educational Environment
The continuity of vocational training of engineers is an effective way of professional development of future specialist. The analysis of educational projects for continuous training of engineers at various stages of the profile educational environment is presented in the article. It is cited the experience of the activity of Association «The University training complex» of Penza State University of Architecture and Construction, which realizes on the praxis the principals of the uninterrupted education.
Science fairs as learning tool for teaching excellence
Science fairs are usually considered to be a pedagogical and cultural activity that involves the students actively. Gifted students need challenges to further develop their skills while maintaining the motivation level. Science fairs may provide the informal environment that will request and allow these students of excellence to challenge themselves by developing a scientific research project. Despite being well known in different countries, in Portugal first steps are being made on the use and implementation of science fairs as effective pedagogical tool. In this work, we will present a 4 years study that was developed on a Portuguese school with the main goal of evaluating the advantages of this informal way of teaching. The study includes an analysis of the evolution of the students’ knowledge that have participated, or visited, the different science fairs. Some advices for the implementation of these projects will be given. The motivation of the students was monitored as well as the knowledge and skills effectively improved by this activity.