10.22227/2305-5502.2017.4.5

Abstract

Taking into consideration the transition to a two-level system of higher education, the process of training of construction personnel undergoes significant changes. The training of master’s degree students who study within the specialty 08.04.01 “Construction” requires an integrated approach, including the solution of the following issues: the formulation of research topics in accordance with the needs of construction production, as well as the main priority areas in the field of scientific and technological progress and state development programs for the near future; systematic training of teachers, updating of the material and technical base used in the educational process. As one of the solutions to increase the effectiveness of the training it was suggested to sort the schedule and manage the time of training in an effective way, use a new set of interactive technologies. In addition, there are the regulations on the graduate qualification work of a master’s degree student, which describes the procedure for preparing and defending it. The main component of the graduate qualification work should be the applied research. The process of research, related to the examining the process of preparing the master’s thesis, is based on summary data of the results and indicators received by students in the learning process. The subject of the study: the graduate qualification work of students serves in this capacity. The study was conducted in the field of training of master’s degree students who study within the specialty 08.04.01 “Construction. The prerequisites for the study were the results of the defenses of the graduate qualification work (GQW) of the master’s degree students in 2017. Objectives: the aim of the study is to find ways to improve the quality of the preparation of the GQW. The solution to the listed tasks is necessary to improve the level of training of master’s degree students and graduate qualification work. Materials and methods: the source materials for the study were the results of the defenses of the GQWs of master’s degree students, the works themselves, their subjects and methodological materials intended for the educational process. The methods of research include analysis of methodological documents on the educational process, analysis of the preparation process and the results of GQWs’ defenses were applied. These studies were obtained as a result of analysis, study and generalization of methodological literature and the result of defenses of graduate qualification works. Results: determination of ways to improve the training of master’s degree students and the quality of the works defended by them. Conclusions: the results obtained can be useful in the training of master’s degree students for the defenses of their work.

Keywords

• master’s degree student
• graduate qualification work
• defense of qualification work
• quality of preparation of works
• reasons
• ways of solution
• methodological materials