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maximise students’ learning of the course content” perspective trends in training specialists in higher
(Kalaian, 2017). educational institutions:
The research by Schmidt, Baran, Thompson, Mishra, 1) ІТ-sphere (programming, design, analytics);
Koehler, and Shin (2009) is useful for description and 2) technical and military spheres (engineering, robot
comprehension of goals by using technologies in the technology);
educational sphere Technological Pedagogical Content 3) economic branch (trading of alternative currencies,
Knowledge (TPACK). The possibilities of managing cryptographic finance;
technologies of teaching and studying in high school 4) medical branch (genetics, transplantology,
are revealed by Bates А., Bates Т., and Sangra (2011). bioengineering, molecular dietology);
The perspectives and problems of teaching structures in 5) educational branch (mobile learning in the context
higher education of Europe are researched by Haug of distance education).
(1999). Teaching methods in high school have been a Taking into account perspective trends in training
core subject of numerous research for many years specialists will allow higher educational institutions to
(Wiersma and Jurs, 2005; Lodico, Spaulding, and elaborate the development strategy of their institution
Voegtle, 2010). and the content of syllabi according to the modern
In their work Wiersma and Jurs (2005) give a general tendencies. It will have a positive influence on the
idea for using methods of the research in education, quantity of students who will be able to get education
pay attention to quantitative and qualitative indices as for a Bachelor’s degree as well as to continue it by
well as methods of statistics as important research Master’s or Post-graduate programme, and also courses
tools. for retraining specialists. By such conditions the
The fact that cadets and students chose mentioned university will be able to provide their main function,
above technologies and methods that involve modern i.e. training highly qualified specialists, and will be
IT-technologies and distance learning was easy to smoothly integrated as a configuration part of much
foresee. However the choice of case-study and bigger establishments and processes, into the national
reproductive methods has to be explained. and European educational sphere, providing for social
Choosing the method of case-study (active problematic and individual needs of the youth. There is a necessity
and situational analysis) was specific mainly for to study further the issues of competences classification
students, and more seldom for cadets, who studied at as well as content development of group components
the Technical Faculty and the Faculty of Economics “professional competences” and “special competences”
and Management. We relate the student youth’s according to the syllabi of training specialists at
interest in the real fact material and solving different levels of higher education.
problematic situations close to the reality, to their need
of forming professional and special competences, Funding source
which will help them in practical activity. This research received no specific grant from any
The reproductive method (work by ready patterns) has funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-
been chosen by cadets and students of the Humanities profit sectors. It has been conducted on the basis of
Faculty. We explain it by the trend of training and National Academy of National Guard of Ukraine
peculiarity (military one) of the educational institution. within the framework of the subject “University
Thus, we relate the choice of these 5 methods among Education”.
others which have been proposed to the respondents
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