The role of the socio-psychological disciplines in the training of engineers (KNRTU experience)

摘要

The challenges facing today's engineers are so complex that they require the involvement of teams of experts specialized in different fields. The volume of information and knowledge needed to understand and solve problems is increasing so fast that one person cannot keep up with it all. Intense specialization increases the value of the ability to function on a multidisciplinary team. As a result, the need to add humanistic subjects to the traditional professional education of engineers and other technical staff is becoming evident, which generally manifests in the form of continued "humanitarization" of Higher Engineering Education. The subject of humanitarization of Higher Engineering Education is discussed extensively in the works of Y.Vetrov, A.Ivashkin, T.V.Smirnova, V.N.Stegniy, G.V.Shevtsova, and others. There are sufficient reasons to assume that high-quality professional engineering education must comprise humanitarian component.