STEM-Based Training in Future Specialists in Higher Education

The article emphasizes the importance of STEM education today. It reveals the strategy for developing STEM areas in the professional training of specialists; it describes the essence, structure, and benefits of STEM competence within the higher education system. The most popular fields for developing STEM competence are highlighted. Methods for applying modern approaches and STEM technologies in training future specialists are demonstrated. The study's goal was to develop STEM competencies in the professional training of future specialists. By investigating the research problem, we identified ways to build STEM competence as a foundation for successful professional adaptation and as part of the professionalization process. The results from the initial phase of the study showed a low level of STEM competency among future specialists, highlighting several issues and leading to the development of pedagogical conditions for effective training using STEM technologies in higher education to strengthen their STEM skills. The outcomes of the experimental phase confirmed the effectiveness and validity of these pedagogical conditions for training future specialists in higher education through STEM technologies to develop their competencies.