Potential of socio-psychological disciplines in the formation of professional motivation in engineering education

Recent years have been marked by significant changes in the field of engineering education in Russia. This requires solving the problem of professional self-determination of school graduates. The vocational guidance of applicants does not end with their admission to a vocational educational institution. Students in the process of studying continue to doubt the correctness of their decision in choosing a profession. The constant work of the university to preserve and develop students' motivation for their chosen professional activity throughout the entire period of study becomes relevant.

The purpose of this study is to conduct a theoretical analysis of the potential (possibilities) of social-psychological disciplines/modules of educational programs of engineering training to participate in the formation and development of students’ professional motivation from the first year of study. The paper concretizes the concept of professional motivation and its components, identifies the features of pedagogical conditions for increasing the professional motivation of engineering students in the study of socio-psychological disciplines at the university.

Keywords: engineering training, socio-psychological disciplines, professional motivation, universal competencies

 

References

1. Kozyreva, P.M., Smirnov, A.I. Life in an uncertain crisis society: experience and expectations. Sociological research. 2018. No. 6. Pp. 66–78. DOI: 10.7868/S0132162518060065
2. Pokholkov, Yu.P. Engineering education in Russia: problems and solutions. The concept of development of engineering education in modern conditions. Engineering education. 2021. No. 30. Pp. 96–107. DOI: 10.54835/18102883_2021_30_9
3. Aleshkovsky, I.A., Gasparishvili, A.T., Krukhmaleva, O.V., Narbut, N.P., Savina, N.E. Features of the formation of educational trajectories of Russian students: assessment and opportunities. Higher education in Russia. 2023. Vol. 32. No. 4. Pp. 137–155. DOI: 10.31992/0869-3617-2023-32-4-137-155
4. Skalaban, I.A., Osmuk, L.A., Kolesova, O.V., Cherepanov, G.M. Roads old and new: educational strategies of Russian applicants in choosing a university of study. Higher education in Russia. 2020. Vol. 29. No. 2. Pp. 50–62. DOI: 10.31992/0869-3617-2020-29-2-50-62
5. Dulina, N.V., Petruneva, R.M. The problem of choosing the life path of young people in Russian regions (based on the material of a field study at Volgograd State Technical University). Vestnik of the Institute of Sociology. 2023. Vol. 14. No. 3. Pp. 215–235. DOI: 10.19181/vis.2023.14.3.10
6. Nizamutdinova, S.M. Development of a model for the formation of motivation for engineering education in the context of globalization. Modern high-tech technologies. 2023. No. 11. Pp. 170–177.
7. Baisheva, L.M. Methodological approaches and pedagogical conditions for the formation of educational motivation of future engineers (on the example of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). World of pedagogy and psychology. 2020. No. 7 (48). Pp. 78–83.
8. Guzanov, B.N., Krivonogova, A.S. Professional motivation of university students in the process of integrated industrial training: monograph. Yekaterinburg: Publishing House of the Russian State Prof.-Ped. University, 2016. 222 p.
9. Perchatkina, V.G., Ziyatdinova, Yu.N. Educational and professional motivation of future engineers by means of a foreign language. Vestnik of the Samara State Technical University. The series “Psychological and pedagogical sciences”. 2023. Vol. 20. No. 1. Рp. 21–32. DOI: 10.17673/vsgtu-pps.2023.1.2
10.  Teplyakova, G.V. Formation of professional motivation of future food production engineers in the process of studying mathematics. Vestnik of the Orenburg State University. 2011. No. 2 (121). Pp. 350–354.
11. Zayakina, R.A. Readiness of a Russian student for professional service: from the actual to the desired. Higher education in Russia. 2024. Vol. 33. No. 2. Pp. 73–88. DOI: 10.31992/0869-3617-2024-33-2-73-88
12. Fedotova, L.A., Abramenko, E.V., Sitnikova, O.I. Professional socialization of students in the study of humanities at a technical university. International Scientific Research Journal. 2022. No. 3 (117). Part 3. Pp. 109–112. DOI: 10.23670/IRJ.2022.117.3.094
13. Vasilyeva, V.D. The content of the cycle of social and humanitarian disciplines in the educational programs of technical universities: practice and perspective. Alma Mater (Vestnik vysshey shkoly). 2024. No. 1. Pp. 41–47. DOI: 10.20339/AM.01-24.04
14. Vasilyeva, V.D. Socio-psychological foundations of professional activity: modular structuring. The world of science, culture, and education. 2024. No. 2 (105). Pp. 184–186. DOI: 10.24412/1991-5497-2024-2105-184-186
15. Benkova, O.A., Artyukhova, T.Yu., Shelkunova, T.V. Interrelation of educational motivation and motivation for future professional activity at a student’s age. The world of science. Pedagogy and Psychology. 2021 No. 4. URL: https://mir-nauki.com/PDF/17PSMN421.pdf (accessed on: 10.07.2024).
16. Kolesnik, E.A. On the issue of professional motivation as the basis for the success of university students' education. Health and education in the 21st century. 2016. No. 2. Pp. 753–756.
17. Vasilyeva, V.D. On the question of the ontogenesis of the specialist model in line with the evolution of educational standards. Alma Mater (Vestnik vysshey shkoly). 2023. No. 3. Pp. 10–16. DOI: 10.20339/AM.03-23.010
18. Widdet, S., Holliford, S. The Competence Guide. Translated from English. Moscow: HIPPO, 2003. 224 p.
19. Kovalev, V.I. Motives of behavior and activity. Moscow: Nauka, 1988. 192 p.
20. Lukyanov, A.S., Voronina, T.N. Formation of professional motivation among university students. Vestnik of the North Caucasus Federal University. 2018. No. 5 (68). Pp. 172–179.
21. Pozanskaya, S.G., Tkachenko, A.P. Professional development of future engineers in conditions of university training: a social aspect. Vestnik of the Russian New University. The series “Man in the modern world”. 2018. Iss. 2. Pp. 141–144. DOI: 10.25586/RNU.V925X.18.02.P.140