PEDAGOGICAL TOOLS AND ECONOMIC AND MATHEMATICAL METHODS IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT

Within the conditions of reforming agribusiness the task of performance improvement in agricultural production has to be solved by the latest economic and mathematical methods. Setting and solving optimization problems is a relevant management tool of agricultural production in resource poor settings and an intrinsic part of agricultural engineer professional activity. It was in studies revealing that the basic contradiction between the objective need of agricultural production for optimization task accomplishment and inability of students - future agricultural engineers to their solution. One of the ways of this contradiction resolution is development of the practice-oriented system of mathematical training providing formation of socio-technical competence of agricultural engineers expressed by abilities to use the methods of optimal decision making in professional activity. The scientific idea of engineering activity in agribusiness is concretized by the authors following the logic of scientific enquiry; the structure and criteria of component formation of socio-technical competence of agricultural engineers is presented. The offered practice-oriented system of mathematical training is based on the content providing mutually development of all components of socio-technical competence due to application of the competence-based modules reflecting specifics of engineering activity. With regard to the above mentioned the structure of modules is presented in the form of block sequence corresponding to a decision-making algorithm that creates conditions for adaptedness of graduates to special aspects of agricultural engineering activity. (C) 2019 Published by Future Academy www.FutureAcademy.org.UK