Use of smart technologies in social and environmental training of technical specialists

Subject of the paper: training of technical specialists to facilitate the formation of social and environmental competence as one of the most important components of competitiveness in the job market. Object of the paper : the use of SMART technologies in the process of building the social and environmental competence. Work objective: theoretical justification for using the intellectual information technologies in the educational system and integrating the experiences in the implementation of SMART technologies into the social and environmental training of technical specialists. Work methodology is to identify and to promote the practical application of SMART technologies both in the process of teaching ecological disciplines and in project and research activities for building the social and environmental competence of future technical specialists. Work results contain theoretical and methodological grounds of the implementation of SMART technologies in the educational process as well as the effectiveness of their application by the faculty members in teaching and learning activities for the training of future highly qualified technical specialists. The area of application of the results is the process of social and environmental training of specialists in technical specializations and profiles for building the social and environmental competence in out-of-class and in-class activities. Conclusions: It is especially important to use intellectual technologies in the educational process for training technical specialists possessing social and environmental competence. It ensures the individualization of teaching, motivation for cognitive activity, the development of conscious target setting, individual educational paths’ modeling, mobility, addressing the educational needs, and building high-demand competences in future occupations .