Students’ scientific research activities organization in design and planning

Abstract

In our research, the main attention is paid to the peculiarities of scientific research activities organization of students of various creative specialties, both standardized by curricula and educational programs of future specialist professional training, and voluntary during extracurricular time. The characteristic features of students’ mandatory (standardized) scientific research activity, which is related to the performance of coursework and qualification diploma theses, have been determined. We have also revealed a number of methods and means of voluntary, but motivated or interested involvement of student youth in scientific research activities through the performance of scientific, technical and project tasks by students during the period of industrial practices, participation in the work of educational and scientific laboratories, student design bureaus, design workshops associations and creative unions, fulfillment of production orders. Carrying out research projects encourages students to study and use innovative solutions, technologies, equipment, etc. In this way, the relationship between students’ scientific research and innovative activity in the process of professional training of future specialists in creative specialties is proven; in particular, examples of future engineers’ experimental scientific research activity and future designers’ project-technological artistic and creative scientific work are given. In the process of scientific research, the essence and significance of research and innovation activities of students of creative specialties have been determined for future specialists’ professional self-development and the formation of personal qualities, competencies, knowledge, abilities and skills in certain fields of knowledge. Forms of pedagogical guidance of students’ scientific research and innovative activities, methods and means of involving students to participate in scientific and practical conferences, round tables, exhibitions, professional competitions, as well as publication of the results of scientific research work in collections of student scientific works and catalogs of creative works are outlined.