Creative competence of future engineers in the focus of the challenges of the 21st century: essence and structure

Abstract

The article proposes a theoretical justification for the phenomenon of creative competence of future specialists in the field of engineering from the standpoint of the competence approach. The state of development of this problem field in scientific research is shown. The essential characteristics of the creative competence of future engineers are revealed. The study examines the key problems and challenges of our time. Particular attention is paid to the decisive role of the creative competence of engineering personnel in resolving the challenges of the 21st century. The structural components of creative competence and their content have been identified. The development of the innovative potential of Belarus is not possible without the development of creatively oriented engineering personnel, whose creative competence acts as a catalyst for innovative processes in the industrial sector of the economy, determining the prospects for the development of a sustainable state, preventing the emergence of global environmental, economic and other crises. Training such specialists who will be able to implement environmental development strategies of the state, introduce resource-efficient technologies, reducing the harmful impact on the natural and social environment and ensuring the maximum possible preservation of ecosystems will act as a response to the national education system to the challenges of our time, implementing a project for long-term sustainable development of society. The scientific works of many domestic and foreign scientists are devoted to the study of the phenomenology of creativity. Creativity (from the English creativity) is considered by a number of researchers as a creative process, the output parameter of which is both a subjectively and objectively new product.