Pedagogical conditions of the innovative process of preparing students for research activities in higher education institutions

Abstract

The article considers the content and presents the classification of research activity. The main directions, levels, and types of students' research activities are identified. The research and experimental work consisted of integrating three interconnected stages, each of which was characterized by certain content, features, and defined goals. To diagnose the formation of students' readiness for research activity by implementing pedagogical conditions for the innovative process of preparing students for research activity in higher education institutions, adequate criteria and indicators were selected – value-based, cognitive-instrumental, and effective. The data obtained were differentiated according to four levels (low, medium, sufficient, high). The results of the ascertaining stage of the study indicated the need to introduce and conduct experimental testing of a system of measures that affects the process of innovative preparation of students for research activity, based on the appropriate pedagogical conditions. The difference in the levels of students' readiness for research activity through the implementation of the developed author's pedagogical conditions is statistically significant, which indicates its positive dynamics in the context of the implementation of research tasks during the experimental work. Thus, the positive dynamics in the experimental group confirm the effectiveness of the implementation of the students' readiness for research activity through the implementation of the developed author's pedagogical conditions in the process of the pedagogical experiment.