Formation of the algorithmic culture of students of the information profile in the study of programming

Abstract

In modern conditions of digitalization and the IT market, a necessary condition for the professional training of students of the information profile is the formation of their algorithmic culture. It is the algorithmic culture that is the necessary base in the training of future IT-specialists in the field of programming. The article deals with the problem of the formation of the algorithmic culture of students of the information profile in the system of higher professional education. The essence of the concept of “algorithmic culture” and its content are specified. A technology has been developed for step-by-step training in solving computational professionally-oriented problems in the disciplines of programming in order to form the algorithmic culture of students of the information profile, which includes the following stages: preparatory (developing interest in solving typical educational tasks of a professional orientation, understanding the role of algorithmic knowledge; understanding of the ways to represent classical algorithms and data structures in high-level programming languages; formation of ideas about significant stages of algorithmic activity) and practical (mastering practical skills and abilities through solving problems of the basic, special and creative levels). For the successful formation of an algorithmic culture, the developed technology of step-by-step learning in problem solving also provides for the content of the teacher's and student's activities in the study of programming disciplines. When conducting this study, the level of formation of algorithmic culture among students of the information direction at the initial and final stages of training at a university was determined. Criteria and indicators are disclosed that make it possible to determine the formation of the investigated quality.