Innovative training of engineers through the integration of the Art component into the STEM University

Abstract

The integration of various disciplines and skills in the educational environment today contributes to the enhancement of the learning process at the university and the expansion of the qualification characteristics of the future specialist. Investments in interdisciplinary initiatives in education have increased, but events are often not planned properly, there are not enough tools for organizing integrated training of specialists in accessing the content of training from broader, interdisciplinary points of view. It is necessary to realize the satisfaction of the need for interdisciplinary educational activities and the acquisition of skills of the 21st century by introducing STEAM education that stimulates educational activities in which science, technology, engineering and mathematics (the main components of STEM education) are connected with the arts in a broader sense. The article considers the issue of developing the potential of innovative training of technical specialists through the methodology of STEAM education. The authors proposed a definition of the concept of «STEAM education» in the conditions of training technical personnel, presented the purpose, scientific methods and potential of the project, considered the main directions of development of this process within the framework of personal and foreign research experience on the construction of training programs using the STEAM approach