Development of Polytechnic Education in the Conditions of Integration of General-Engineering and Special Disciplines

In the conditions of innovative development of Polytechnic education and society in general in an educational paradigm there are basic changes. Today, the main units of updating of content of education are competence, the characteristic of their types and structure. Understanding students of existence of cross-disciplinary communications the importance of the studied disciplines in their interrelation and interaction is determined by cross-disciplinary competences.

In modern conditions, the role of geometric-graphic preparation is greatly expanded. The advantage is given to those professionals whose thinking is able to synthesize imaginative and rational. The development of the ability to such a synthesis is greatly facilitated by mastering the methods of geometric-graphic modeling of objects and processes. Let us emphasize that models based on geometric and graphical methods (with the ability to visualize the model) are often more effective in practice than purely analytical models. Therefore, the development of the theory of geometric modeling (with computer visualization) should not be considered in the narrow sense of geometric-graphic preparation, but as a self-valuable component of geometric-graphic education.

The author substantiates the essence of cross-disciplinary integration, presents the mechanisms of integration of disciplines at the Polytechnic University, pedagogical conditions, methods of teaching the theory of geometric-graphic modeling, as well as the results of practical implementation of theoretical provisions.