Valentina G. Gladkikh

The psychological and pedagogical competence is one of the key results of the preparation of masters in the oil and gas industry. The need for its formation is due to the specifics of the upcoming professional activities of graduates of the master’s degree, which on the one hand includes engineering and technical tasks, and on the other involves interpersonal interaction with employees, implemented using psychological and pedagogical methods and requiring proficiency in them. The relevance of the problem of forming this competence of students is considered in modern foreign and domestic studies. The methodological foundations of the formation of the competence under consideration, which provide an opportunity to update the psychological and pedagogical training of the future master of the oil and gas industry, are the target and activity approaches. The relationship between the goals and psychological and pedagogical methods of professional activity of future masters of the oil and gas industry is shown in the table. The article presents the methodological characteristics of the discipline «Modern psychological and pedagogical theories and methods in professional activity», implemented at the Orenburg State University. It involves the development of students of the installation, personal and technological stages, each of which includes practice-oriented tasks aimed at the application of these methods by students. The implementation of the installation stage involves the expansion of knowledge about psychological and pedagogical theories, awareness of the importance of the corresponding methods in the professional activities of employees of the oil and gas industry. The personal stage of the formation of psychological and pedagogical competence of future masters of the oil and gas industry includes the functional specification of the methods under consideration. The purpose of the technological stage is to characterize the use of a set of psychological and pedagogical methods in practical activities. The practical significance of the article is the possibility of using the methodology of forming the psychological and pedagogical competence of future masters of the oil and gas industry, which ensures the actualization of this aspect of the training of master’s students..