Extracurricular activity of engineering students: trends and motives

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to develop scientifically applied recommendations on the motivation of students to participate in the extra-curricular activities of universities. To conduct the pedagogical experiment, author's questionnaire was developed. The pedagogical experiment was conducted for students of engineering and technical specialties. The authors concluded the necessity improvement of extra-curricular work with engineering students. Three main directions of such improvement were identified: informing, profiling, motivation. The authors have proposed to initiate the development of interdisciplinary projects that extend the boundaries of inter-faculty interaction and provide for the integration of the classroom and extracurricular work of the university.