I. YAKOVLEV CHUVASH STATE PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY BULLETIN

design, design schools, construction, specialists being in demand, labour market, design skills.

The article considers the historical and economic preconditions for the formation of design skills at students majoring in design. Modern requirements for students of design educational program specialization are described in accordance with the Federal State Educational Standard of Higher Education and Secondary Professional Education. The theoretical basis of the study is the works of Russian researchers in the field of the history of design, education, design education, as well the vocabularies of professional terms. The authors studied the classifier of occupations for the relevance of design skills in design professions. The article examines some historical data on the formation of design skills in the world design schools (the Soviet VKHUTEMAS-VKHUTEIN and the German Bauhaus), which determined the fundamental positions of design education. The development of design skills was part of the fundamental training of specialists in these renowned educational institutions. The article also provides the analysis of the labour market and the prospects for economic development in two regions of the Russian Federation (the Chuvash Republic and the Altai Territory). It showed that the demand for designers will grow. Manufacturing, industry and construction are developing steadily. Consequently, the demand for designers in design and interior studios, in furniture production and furniture showrooms will grow. Based on the content analysis of pedagogical literature and vocabulary of professional terms, the authors formulated a generalized definition of the concept of design skills. The urgency of mastering design skills for design students is substantiated. A variety of interpretations of the concepts of design, construction and skill, a generalized authors’ definition of the concept of design skills makes it possible to continue this study, identify descriptors in the future, describe them and suggest some pedagogical conditions for successful formation of the above-mentioned skills.

Кузина Елена Алексеевна – кандидат педагогических наук, доцент кафедры дизайна и методики профессионального обучения Чувашского государственного педагогического университета им. И. Я. Яковлева, г. Чебоксары, Россия; e-mail: kuzina_elena_a.a@mail.ru

Петрова Анастасия Игоревна – дизайнер-конструктор мебельного салона «Италия», г. Бийск, Россия; e-mail: petrovans94@mail.ru