APPLICATION OF DIFFERENT EDUCATIONAL STRATEGIES TO ENHANCE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF WORK-BASED LEARNING FOR STUDENTS IN ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE EDUCATION PROGRAMMES

In the context of modern social and technological transformations, universities must ensure the continuous development of students' skills necessary for employment through their involvement in professional communication, individual and continuous learning, in the implementation of projects, research, analysis and problem solving. At the same time, universities should ensure regular monitoring, updating and adjustment of educational programs, learning strategies, learning outcomes, the use of student-oriented approaches in teaching, create a comfortable and trusting learning environment, provide timely and constructive feedback. In accordance with this, the aim of the work was to determine the most effective strategies for practical training of students of engineering and natural science educational programs at the workplace in the company. To achieve the purpose of the research, practical training programs for students in the workplace were developed and tested in companies of the Karaganda and Akmola regions, an analysis of the progress of students and the results of self-assessment in the development of key skills within the framework of practical training programs at the workplace was carried out. During the research, assessment protocols, online questionnaires and self-assessment methods were developed and used in the work. Based on the results of the approbation of practical training programs for students in the workplace according to the bachelor's degree programs “6B06201 – Radio engineering, electronics and Telecommunications” and “6B05304 – Physics”, their effectiveness in the development of professional and technical skills, teamwork and teamwork skills, critical thinking, important personal qualities necessary for graduates of educational programs of engineering has been established and natural science profiles for successful integration into the professional environment and career development. Based on the analysis of the effectiveness of applied workplace learning strategies, it is shown that when teaching students of engineering and natural science educational programs, universities need to involve students more in problem-solving, project-oriented and practice-oriented tasks and cases, which will allow them to acquire the necessary practical experience in identifying and analyzing problems, making adequate decisions, and improving their assessment self-efficacy, improve social and professional communication and interaction skills.