In pedagogy, motivation is considered more important than ability. This study aims to identify, and provide a rationale for, ways to increase of study motivation among the university students of engineering specialties. The creation of conditions for the subject to predict results of his activity, as well as for the manifestation of self-dependence and creativity, contributes to ensuring students' motivation and to the development of their search activity, that is "critical inquiry" of useful information. To implement these conditions, we suggest extending transdisciplinarity in education and integrating it with all forms of the educational process, and establishing more effective contacts (both formal and informal) between teachers and students. Such integration is based on integrity, dialectic method, mental activity and integration of the laws of nature. We see the role of this extension of transdisciplinarity as combining heterogeneous knowledge by content (education) and methods (development) in conjunction with improving the quality of organizational and pedagogical support of training sessions (upbringing).

The relevance of the research is reasoned by the fact that for professional self-realization of graduates of technical qualifications of university training, a high-level knowledge of modern Russian literary language, as well as a business style of communication, both in oral and in written form, becomes an urgent need. The methodology highlighted an aspect that implies the need to ensure conditions for the interrelation of logical and figurative thinking in order to enrich the logical chain of reasoning through interactive learning activities. To improve the effectiveness of interdisciplinary relations, the introduction of an integrated discipline "Engineering Philology" is proposed. The purpose of its components is described, the role of the subject "literature" in the cycle of philological disciplines is considered in detail, the features of teaching humanities as non-core subjects are highlighted. On the basis of theoretical research and personal experience of teaching the discipline of "Russian language and the basics of creative writing" the authors gave recommendations in order to enhance the role of this discipline in the formation of professional competencies of bachelors of technical directions. The experiment showed the relation between the development of the main educational program and the success of studying the discipline of "Russian language and the basics of creative writing". It is concluded that engineering philology is aimed at the formation of those competencies that are not included in special disciplines and which are necessary for the future specialist as a professional and as a representative of technical elite.

Проблема и цель. В статье исследована проблема модернизации и развития инженерного образования в условиях глобальных вызовов современности. Цель исследованиявыявление специфики формирования трансдисциплинарных знаний у студентов технических направлений подготовки вузов.Методология. Основу исследования составили синергетический и системный подходы к исследованию и анализу инженерного образования в вузах. Экспериментальное обоснование заключалось в обработке и анализе результатов экзаменационной сессии с применением элементов кластерного анализа.Результаты. Авторы исследования выявили главные особенности формирования трансдисциплинарных знаний у студентов технических направлений подготовки вузов. Установлено, что на технических факультетах вузов в этом процессе формирования новых знаний дисциплина «Русский язык и культура речи» способна стать интегрирующей дисциплиной учебного плана, обеспечивающей формирование трансдисциплинарных навыков у студентов. В исследовании также обобщён опыт внедрения трансдисциплинарного подхода в систему подготовки высококвалифицированных специалистов в других университетах мира. Авторы исследования *Исследование поддержано международной программой научных грантов Института перспективных исследований Московского педагогического государственного университета.Горбунов Владимир Ивановичкандидат педагогических наук, доцент кафедры автоматики и управления в технических системах, Чувашский государственный университет имени И. Н. Ульянова.

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A test containing 12 questions and a questionnaire comprising 15 pairs of statements have been developed. 171 undergraduate students have been tested and surveyed. A statistical processing of the results has been carried out, and charts illustrating the survey results have been built. When analyzing the data, summarizing the results and formulating conclusions, a systematic approach was applied. There are six types of Internet activities that are most characteristic of the student body in question. With the help of the questionnaire based on a pair-wise comparison method, the relative time spent by the respondents on these activities was determined. The students were proved to spend approximately as much time on their studies as they do on each of the following three activities: communication with friends, hobbies and aimless surfing the network. The students are less interested in playing games or watching news. One cannot deny the benefits of using ICT for pursuing hobbies, but it is obvious the amount of time wasted on browsing the network should be reduced. Besides, it is significant to replace virtual communication with friends by their face-to-face interaction at least partially. The language of social networks is far from observing literary norms. It ignores rules of punctuation and spelling. Taken out from virtual space into real life, this youth's slang affects their behavior, way of thinking, which is, in fact, destructive for their personalities. Students' overuse of ICT is a major social problem resulting in the decline in the quality of their education. In our opinion, for engineering students the reasons for this problem lies in their insufficient level of general culture, lack of self-discipline and strong willpower, underestimated need for knowledge, and lack of a meaningful, profession-oriented goal of education.