ASSESSMENT OF FUTURE AVIATION SPECIALISTS’ EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY AS A FACTOR OF IMPROVEMENT OF PROFESSIONAL TRAINING QUALITY

Introduction. In the article it was highlighted, that providing of quality system of educational services in future specialists' professional preparation plays an important role in successful modernization of high school. It was underlined, that future aviation specialists' professional preparation is an important element of flight safety in civil aviation, since airman's professionalism is a key factor upon which crew's and passengers' lives depend. In this context providing of quality of future aviation specialists' professional preparation is inalienable part of high school educational process. One of the important elements of educational process at flight educational establishments is students' knowledge, abilities and skills assessment of educational activity. Purpose. The aim of this article is a study of concept «assessment», its role in educational process; to analyze assessment systems which are offered by Bologna process and to compare it to the traditional system. Methods. In the research the empiric and theoretical methods were used, namely: theoretical analysis and synthesis of psychological and pedagogical scientific sources, observation, comparison, questioning. Results. In the article it was noted, that educational quality is associated with such concepts as «pedagogical control», «verification», «assessment», «account» of educational results. In pedagogical literature the different points of view are presented concerning definitions of these concepts. The conducted theoretical analysis allowed to come to the conclusion that «verification» is an assessment process of training results on its particular stage; «control» is defined as a verification process system; «grade» is viewed as definition and expression in conventional signs - points, and also as a teacher's assessment judgements of students' level of knowledge, abilities and skills mastering. Originality. It was offered the educational rating system, the primary objective of which is studies' quality increase and motivation of future aviation specialists' systematic work during studying period; further development of knowledge, abilities and skills multilevel control; forming of general and professional competencies; involvement of students to participating in the advanced study and self-government students' bodies, social work, sports activities, etc. Conclusion. Improvement of quality of future aviation specialists' professional preparation is the necessity of present time in respect to progressiveness in aviation industry. The review of approaches to assessment of students' educational achievements is intensified by European integration processes of higher education in Ukraine. The tendency of the gradual passing to more complex assessment methods was set; it was introduced multilevel rating scales, differential approaches to the assessment of students' educational achievements. The studying of students according to ECTS rating scale gives possibility to provide a diploma supplement of European standard that considerably extends young aviation specialist's employment opportunities at the European job market.