Technological culture of future engineers in the context of modern socio-economic development of the society

Abstract

At present, the technological stage of the development of society is intended to establish the priority of the method over the result of activity. Therefore, society needs a comprehensive approach to the choice of intellectual and material ways of its activities from the mass of alternative options and to the evaluation of its results. In this vein, technological culture is a value aspect of modern and future education. It is characterized by multidimensionality, creative character and includes not only production, but also sociocultural aspects. Technological culture includes such personal qualities of a person, which allow technologically competently to solve any problems from the fields of activity of the engineer. In addition, creative solutions of social and economic problems depend on the degree of formation of character and qualities that characterize the future orientation of the personality of future specialists. Therefore, technical universities are faced with the task of developing the qualifications of university graduates in the professional sphere, creating conditions for the development of such personal qualities as creative self-development, humanitarian and technical outlook, intellectual maturity, responsibility. In the existing practice of teaching specialized technical disciplines, the process of introducing the fundamentals of technological culture, unfortunately, is sometimes very difficult. In these cases, it is necessary to overcome the inertia of technocratic thinking and the lack of understanding of the importance of the idea of developing a technological culture and the personal properties and qualities that are significant for it.