Development of Engineering Education According to Demands of World Standards

Abstract

System gap between market of educational services and labor market determines the crisis of engineering education. It causes necessity of essential changes in training of qualified personnel, competitive in world`s labor market in accordance with its demands. Perspective direction of engineering education`s modernization was offered by international CDIO initiative (Conceive – Design – Implement – Operate). Priority of active approach and practical-professional direction in engineering education, oriented at formation of a graduate able to make the whole technological cycle of making engineering product serve as basis of CDIO ideology. The theoretical grounding and experience of modernization of students training in Siberian Federal University, majoring in ‘Metallurgy’, ‘Welding production’ and ‘Heat and power engineering’ are presented in the article. Research was carried out on the basis of polyparadigmatic approach with consistent and reasonable use of systemic, active, personal-oriented, competitive and synergetic approaches. Theoretical methods were used in the research (context search of information, content analysis, systematization, simulation), empirical (pedagogic observation, questioning methods, estimation and self-estimation, expert estimation of activity products). Descriptors of separate parts of innovative education program, which demonstrate effectiveness of system changes in engineering education quality improvement are given.