Engineer pedagogics Using gis-technology in role-play as an effective means of ecological competence formation among the future engineers Svitlana Hryshchenko Head of the of Sector Scientific and Technical Information of Scientific Research State, Information and communication technologies in education State Higher Educational Institution "Kryvyi Rih National University", Ukraine Vladimir Morkun Vice-Rector for research, Doctor of Science, Professor, Head of Computer Science, Automation and Control Systems department State Higher Educational Institution "Kryvyi Rih National University", Ukraine Abstract The article is focused on the ecological competence formation among future mining engineers. The paper defines that the role-play using GIS technologies is one of the special training means which activates and intensifies the studying process. Keywords: TRAINING MEANS, FUTURE ENGINEER, ENVIRONMENT, ROLE-PLAY Trends of the present-day society cause increases education availability and effectiveness, steady requirement for qualified specialists in and trains young generation for living in the mining industries [1]. Among education priorities information society [5-7]. one can state modern ICT implementing which While using GIS-technologies in the provides educational process improvement, environmental competence formation among © Metallurgical and Mining Industry, 2015, No. 4 139 Engineer pedagogics future mining engineers there are basic training ecological competence formation among the educational forms such as lecture (first of all students of Mining Engineering department. problem-solving lecture), practical classes, There are several main components which laboratory classes (frontal work, work in groups constitute the represented game sample. They are or in pairs, individual work, etc.), demonstration a general overview of the game, a description of and project forms of studying [3, 4]. Additional the situation, a goal of the game, a task for the educational forms include educational tour, role- participants, a formal model, a formal model play, tutoring, counseling, self-study. analysis, obtained results of the game. Role-play is one of the special educational The aim of the game is to enlarge the training forms. It can be carried out before knowledge and perceptions of environmental opening a new topic to stimulate learning problems in Kryvyi Rih industrial unit, which is motivation and intensify studying process while situated in the Dnieper economic region. preparing students to perceive new material. Also The role-play game has been held it can be used after explaining new topic to fix the between the two groups of students. Each group acquired knowledge. Moreover role-play can be has consisted of 15 people, who have played the useful even after studying the theoretical section following to the script. Before the game students for summarizing and control purposes. The main have prepared essays on the topic “How Dnieper educational aim of role-play is to increase economic region enterprises affect the hometown practical focusing, fixing and creative applying of environment”. In 2 weeks students have assigned acquired knowledge [2, p. 144]. roles, also they have received environmental Role-playing in the studying process review materials, discussed the general features of serves as a mean of developing of high level of the scenario, possible questions and answers professionalism among students. It is a distinctive which should be prepared in advance. education form, due to which future mining Representing the materials of role-play game the engineers can test various productive teacher does not impose his/her opinion, but only communication schemes. Efficiency of role- acquaints students with different views and playing is provided by student’s “immersion” in perspectives of Kryvyi Rih environment industrial such situation that requires setting personal unit. The students have to decide by themselves objectives and making individual choice, which what is the environmental situation in their native are performed in a situation of self-selection and city. self-value. All of that helps to create the first At the beginning of the game its rules component of ecological competence among have been announced and it is held in a form of a future mining engineers. round table discussion about the ways the Kryvyi Among main educational results of role- Rih city environment improvement. playing one can distinguish the development of Players have been divided into two communicational skills, quasi-professional groups. The task of the first group is to defend the activities, reflection, critical thinking, work in pessimistic forecast of Kryvyi Rih environment. team, abilities to solve problems quickly adapting The task of the second group is to defend to new situations, etc. optimistic perspective of Kryvyi Rih. The rest of Educational role-playing allows teachers the students have been acting as the journalists, to set axiological, social and behavioral contexts who have been watching the debate and putting into the studying process of future mining the questions to the participants. Journalists can engineers. Thus in comparison to traditional support any point of view (including the view training conditions it helps to create more which can be totally different from the appropriate teaching models for professional represented ones). Before the debate starts all the competence formation among the future participants have to vote for one of the points specialists. Based on the principles of which they receive by choosing one of two balls - competitiveness, efficiency and initiative, role- the black (pessimistic) and the white (optimistic). play is an effective form of studying process Before the game is started the floor has been which allows students to demonstrate and apply given to the representatives of each group. The obtained knowledge, skills and experience in their first group has the role-acting students, who are future careers. Conclusions about role-play using the head of agricultural statistics and efficiency can be made by comparing expert environmental Main Statistical Office in evaluations received after its implementation. Dnipropetrovsk Region, the inspector of the Here is an example of a role-play usage, Sanitary Service, the representative RSA. which has been applied in the first stage of They have reported that Kryvyi Rih industrial unit is one of the most industrially 140 © Metallurgical and Mining Industry, 2015, No. 4 Engineer pedagogics developed economic regions in Ukraine. That is The teacher carefully watches the way of why the Kryvyi Rih environment is constantly debates and keeps the time. At the end of the influenced by strong anthropogenic impact. There discussion each team is given the opportunity to are more than 4 thousand sources of air pollution sum up the information. During the discussion, all in Kryvyi Rih city. According to the data of the students use a great variety of data prepared in mining and metallurgical enterprises total advance using GIS technologies and Internet. pollutant emissions into the air amounts 322.8 After the discussion, all the participants thousand tons in 2014. The main air polluters are receive two balls of different colors and vote PJSC “ArcelorMittal” Kryvyi Rih”, JSC again. According to voting result one can “Southern Mining”, JSC “Northern Mining”, JSC conclude that public opinion has changed. “Central Ore Mining and Processing Plant, PJSC Conclusion “Heidelberg Cement Ukraine”, JSC “Inhuletskyi Summing up we would like to mark that Ore Mining and Processing Plant” and JSC choosing such training means as role-play with- “Kryvbas Iron Ore Plant”. GIS technologies is determined by activity, time Then the floor has been given to and place of execution. It allows combining of representatives of the second group, which methodologically justified information and consists of the general director of JSC “Arcelor communication technologies and the studying Mittal Kryvyi Rih”, the head of PJSC process in order to achieve teaching objectives. environmental department and his vice heads from “Arcelor Mittal Kryvyi Rih”, the References representatives of other polluter enterprises”. 1. Hryshchenko S.M. Geoinformation Speakers have noted that the basic environmental technologies as a tool of ecological activities in the present-day city comprise competence formation of the future comprehensive and effective implementation of Mining Engineers : thesis. cand. ped. measures stated in the long-term program sciences: 13.00.10. 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