Information and Digital Competence of Future Naval Officers: Building a Development Model in the Context of Non-Formal Education

Traditional education does not sufficiently consider the rapid development of technology, and students are not ready to use the new information systems that already exist in the profession. Therefore, it is necessary to continuously improve professional training and information&digital competence development. The study aims to develop a model for developing the future naval officers' information&digital competence in the context of non-formal education. We used content analysis of scientific publications to identify existing scientific and pedagogical research that emphasizes the models of training specialists; the method of generalization to substantiate the research problem; structural and logical analysis to identify the components of the model; a method of idealization for constructing an ideal model for the development of the future naval officers' information&digital competence in the conditions of non-formal education. We presented a description of the model, which contains blocks (target, methodological, organizational-content, diagnostic) and the components "organizational and pedagogical conditions" and "result". The model is focused on solving problems (developing values and aspirations for professional development in IT, expanding the system of specialized knowledge in IT, deepening basic and specialized IT skills, and developing the personal qualities of future naval officers). Verification of the effectiveness of the developed model will be carried out based on a diagnostic device, which is our further scientific research.