From the experience of working on a new model of agrotechnical personnel training

Abstract

The lack of integration between production, science and education is a systemic problem hindering the improvement of the quality of training of agrotechnical specialists. Outdated technologies, limited learning trajectory, insufficient material and technical base of Kazakhstan universities also negatively affect the education process. As a result, the level of training of graduates often does not meet modern requirements. To modernize educational programs and the level of teaching, it is necessary to link scientific research, training and the introduction of new technologies in the agro-industrial complex, synchronization of domestic innovative developments together with the transfer of successful foreign technologies in the field of education. Currently, there are problems with the natural science training of students both in secondary educational institutions and in higher education in Kazakhstan. This is evidenced by many studies on the monitoring of students’ academic achievements both within the country and abroad, by organizations such as PISA (Program for International Student Assessment) and TIMSS (Trends in Mathematics and Science Study). The article considers one of the approaches to improve the natural science training of students in order to provide a basic level of training of bachelor’s degree specialists in several areas of agrotechnical profile. The new model of training specialists is based on in-depth study of fundamental disciplines such as physics, chemistry, biology, higher mathematics and computer science. In the conditions of on-line training, a virtual multimedia environment built into the educational platform is used.