EFFECTIVE METHODS OF TEACHING OF HUMANITARIAN SUBJECTS FOR ENGINEERING STUDENTS

Abstract

The article contains such proven teaching methods as a lecture-discussion, a training, work with authentic reading materials, problem methods and the results of scientific diagnostics run by the authors. The aim of the work consists in a system analysis of the realization of the principle of professional orientation in the teaching of non-core subjects for engineering students and the generalization of a productive professional experience in teaching of humanitarian subjects for technical students in the system of Russian higher education. During the work the scientific literature was studied, the reflection on work experience of teaching of humanitarian subjects to the engineering students in the system of higher education was made. The following methods were used: deduction, induction, a survey, psychological testing, systematization, abstraction, analysis, generalization. The authors came to a conclusion that an effective usage of a professional accent may contribute much to improving the quality of mastering of profile subjects and to increasing the motivation to study. The gained positive results allowed to formulate a number of recommendations for a successful implementation of the proposed methods which can be used at lectures or practical classes on Psychology and Foreign Language working with technical students.