Abstract-The analysis of the scientific literature available on the types of general competences and their classification caused the authors to conclude that it is necessary to implement interdisciplinary approach in engineering education to develop competences necessary for engineers to make them competitive in the labour market. The attention should be paid to a professional foreign language, computer literacy and educational psychology recommendations. To improve professional foreign language skills, CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) method should be integrated in the study process of engineering education. In order to develop information literacy competence, it is important to create a single e-study environment. The academic staff, developing study subjects for engineering programmes, should focus on the study content and study methods. As regards the content, the compromise should be sought between fundamental acquisition of the knowledge of the subject matter, the know-how of the application of this knowledge as well as the use of brand new software in the calculations. The paper presents the examples of the application of the interdisciplinary approach in the universities, where the authors of the paper are affiliated: the LUA (Latvia University of Agriculture) and the RTU (Riga Technical University), respectively.
The changes in society require revision of the content of higher education. Mathematics as a classical subject has played an important part in higher education until now, especially in engineering education. The introduction of mathematics IT programmes<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(MathCad, MathLab, Matematica, Maple…) in labour market caused the reduction of the practical application of the classical mathematics, therefore it is important to draw attention to the development of mathematical competences. The theoretical part of the paper deals with the notion of competence, its aspects and types, considers the question of the essence of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>mathematics, examines </span></span><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">general competences driven teaching of mathematics, describes </span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="EN-GB">organisational model underlying the curriculum in mathematics that is based on the division of the content of mathematics into levels. The paper describes the main issues of the development of teaching of mathematics discussed by European mathematicians (SEFI Math Working Group).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">The paper presents the results of the ERDF<span style="color: #006600;"> </span>project <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">“Cross-border network for adapting mathematical competences in the socio-economic development (MatNet)”, which studied</span> <span class="hps">the role of mathematics</span> <span class="hps">in today's</span> <span class="hps">labor market</span> <span class="hps">in the context of<span style="color: red;"> </span>modern</span> <span class="hps">education (</span>“<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Mathematics in professional activities</span>”)<span class="hps"> and the role</span> of mathematics <span class="hps">in studies at the Latvia University of Agriculture (LUA) and Siauliai University in Lithuania (</span>“<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Math...
Abstract:Mathematics studies have an impact on achieving the necessary outcomes in engineering education both directly and indirectly. First, mathematics serves as a tool for solving and calculating various problems. Second, mathematics studies develop mathematical competences such as the ability to ask and answer questions in and with mathematics, and the ability to deal with mathematical language and tools. More than 100 first-year students from the Faculty of Information Technology and Faculty of Engineering of the Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies who studied mathematics in 2016/2017 study year and more than 70 second-year students from the same faculties who are studying in 2017/2018 were surveyed. The aim of the study is to identify the contribution of mathematics studies in engineering education in assessment of students. Comparing their own competences before studying mathematics in university and after completion of the higher mathematics course students recognized improvement of the mathematical competences and identified importance of maths studies in engineering education.
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