THE APPLICATION OF INTERDISCIPLINARY LINKS IN TEACHING ENGINEERING DISCIPLINES

The paper presents the theoretical and experimental study of interdisciplinary links application in teaching engineering disciplines. In order a student will understand the terminology within the active engineering task, the authors described the interrelation of this term understanding in other nontechnical disciplines. The links with other disciplines are built on the example of one engineering discipline. It allowed solving the engineering task by means of several methods using different disciplines. The authors determined the advantages and disadvantages of these methods as well as presented the recommendations on their application in engineering task solving. To follow up the theoretical study, the authors gave trial classes for the group of five-year students. Experimental study of interdisciplinary links application in teaching engineering disciplines was carried out according to the elaborated lesson plan. The paper presents the lesson plan and the lesson progress. Throughout the lesson, the authors used the visualization (machine models, 3-D models) that intensify the students’ activity. The students reinforced the material learnt during the lesson using the video clip. At the end of the lesson, within the frame of the topic learned, the modern technology designs and its development prospects were presented. In the result, the authors worked out the recommendations on the interdisciplinary links application in teaching engineering disciplines. During this study, the authors determined that while teaching it is necessary to use complex approach, which takes into account the study of machines and processes as a whole, in the system of knowledge, and not separately.