“Being a Student Today” Features of Present-Day University Education and Problems of Engineering Education

The article is devoted to the problem of present-day educational space and the student's image. What are the specifics and features of a present-day student and the process of studying at a technical university? What are the best pedagogical methods and approaches to training future engineers? Today's “super-complex” world wants us to rely on an open and flexible educational process without set goals and focus on a specific model, with openness being much more important than stopping or incompleteness. The first part of the article focuses on the features of present-day knowledge, the educational process and the learner whose identification as a “student” is a real problem. The second part relates to methods and approaches for training future engineers. The present-day higher education has a tendency to get rid of the concept of a student educated by the teacher whose main function was to transfer certain traditions. The center of gravity in the educational process is transferred to the student, and the teacher's activities are significantly complicated.