Educational engineering: the technological basis for creating educational products

Abstract

Abstract The article proves and substantiates the necessity of introducing the concept of educational engineering into the educational process. Various definitions of the terms ‘engineering’ and ‘educational engineering’ are analyzed and considered. The main task of engineering in the educational process is determined in the article along with the reasons that stimulate the introduction of educational engineering into pedagogy. The definition of educational engineering is formulated determining the considered term as a model with certain characteristics. The article proposes the concept of educational engineering, which is based on the categories ‘Educational product’ and ‘Educational product life cycle’ and includes a system of principles for implementing an engineering approach to creating such products. The definitions of basic terms are proposed and the structure of the educational product life cycle is characterized. The phases of the educational product life cycle and its phasic states are described. The principles for educational product developing are formulated. The article contains a conclusion about the possibilities for implementing the presented concept of educational engineering.