Students' Project Competency within the Framework of STEM Education

Authors

  • Elena Alexandrovna Levanova Moscow Pedagogical State University
  • Olga Vladimirovna Galustyan Southern Federal University
  • Svetlana Bronislavovna Seryakova Moscow Pedagogical State University
  • Tatyana Vladimirovna Pushkareva Moscow Pedagogical State University
  • Anna Borisovna Serykh Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University
  • Alexey Viktorovich Yezhov Southern Federal University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v15i21.15933

Keywords:

project competence, activity, students, STEM education

Abstract


The article is devoted to formation of students' project competence within the framework of STEM education. Project competence is an important component of professional competence of a future specialist and is applicable to designate professionalism. The article identifies the main characteristics of STEM education as means of formation of project competence of students. Project competence is characterized by possession of special knowledge, skills and abilities (to solve problems on the basis of putting forward and substantiating hypotheses, to set an activity goal, to plan activities, to collect and to analyze necessary information, to carry out an experiment, to present research results). Structure of project competence is presented by information, research, and analytical components. The authors conclude that STEM education provides formation of students' project competence.

Author Biographies

Elena Alexandrovna Levanova, Moscow Pedagogical State University

Dr. Sci. (Pedagogics), Professor, Head of Department of Social Pedagogy and Psychology, Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology, Moscow Pedagogical State University, Moscow, Russia

Olga Vladimirovna Galustyan, Southern Federal University

Professor of the Department of Education and Pedagogical Sciences of Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia.

Svetlana Bronislavovna Seryakova, Moscow Pedagogical State University

Dr. Sci. (Pedagogics), Professor of Department of Social Pedagogy and Psychology, Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology, Moscow Pedagogical State University, Moscow, Russia

Tatyana Vladimirovna Pushkareva, Moscow Pedagogical State University

Dr. Sci. (Pedagogics), Professor of Department of Social Pedagogy and Psychology, Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology, Moscow Pedagogical State University, Moscow, Russia

Anna Borisovna Serykh, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Dr. Sci. (Pedagogics), Professor of Institute of Education of Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, Kaliningrad, Russia.

Alexey Viktorovich Yezhov, Southern Federal University

Postgraduate of the Department of Education and Pedagogical Sciences of Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia.

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Published

2020-11-16

How to Cite

Levanova, E. A., Galustyan, O. V., Seryakova, S. B., Pushkareva, T. V., Serykh, A. B., & Yezhov, A. V. (2020). Students’ Project Competency within the Framework of STEM Education. International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET), 15(21), pp. 268–276. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v15i21.15933

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 21 (2020)

Section

Short Papers