SIMULATION GAME AS AN EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONAL TRAINING OF SPECIALISTS PUBLISHING AND PRINTING

In: International journal of new economics and social sciences, Band 17, Heft 1, S. 137-147

Abstract

The article deals with the peculiarities of using such an interactive educational technology as a simulation game in the educational process of a higher education institution. Approaches to defining the essence of this technology are generalized. It has been established that simulation games can be used as a pedagogical technology or one of the methods of active learning, in conducting social and psychological training, in solving production, social and psychological problems that a graduate may encounter in his or her professional activity. The classification of educational simulation games is presented. Their didactic potential is determined and possible options for building and structuring simulation games are revealed. The specifics of the use of simulation games in the professional training of bachelors of publishing and printing in higher education are considered. Their use will facilitate the rapid inclusion of students in the model of professional activity, allow them to take on different functional roles, identify the specifics of their characters' activities, interact in a simulated, but as close to real, production process, and most importantly, see and evaluate the final result of their work. The author's electronic resource with methodical instructions on the use of a simulation game. The experience of using the simulation game in the professional training of bachelors of publishing and printing is presented.