MULTILEVEL DISTANCE INTERACTIVE LEARNING AS A STRUCTURAL COMPONENT OF LIFELONG LEARNING IN THE FIELD OF AGRICULTURE

Abstract

The article explores the necessity to found the system of lifelong learning for training, retraining and further training of the staff involved in agricultural production. The paper outlines a disbalance between the need of agricultural production in qualified staff and individual interests of alumni of agricultural institutions. The authors represent the strategy aimed at solution of this problem by means of the cluster model that comprises academic complex, business and authorities. The publication speaks about importance of independent students work in frames of degree distance interactive learning that is a part of the system of lifelong learning in the field of agriculture. The paper demonstrates differences between the notions “contents of education” and “contents of training”; it shows the main didactic principles that provide independent training. The authors describe the mechanism of application of didactic means that provide independent student’s work in the area of multilevel (degree) distance interactive learning. The publication specifies the order of education and training activity. The authors consider motivation of students through the principles of haecceity and constructivism. The article studies organization of individual training and team training. When developing multilevel distance interactive learning as a part of lifelong learning, the authors try to answer three questions: 1. to teach what? 2. How to teach? 3. How to study?