Features and problems of modern engineering education
The article is devoted to the issues of modern engineering education. The rapid development and complexity of modern technologies, their knowledge-intensive nature, fundamentally change the role of the engineer in high-tech production. The modern stage of development of engineering activity is characterized by the integration of various knowledge, the need to justify the laws of creating a variety of complex systems, where engineering is the most important link between a person and the technology created by them. The authors of the article reveal the essence of engineering activity, classify its types, characterize innovative engineering activities, and highlight the features and problems of modern engineering education. In addition, the article defines theoretical and methodological approaches to the formation of engineering competence of a specialist, justifies the need to move the content of engineering education from general theoretical concepts to educational programs based on interdisciplinary integration.