EFFECTIVENESS OF VIRTUAL EXPERIMENTS IN PHYSICS TEACHING IN THE CONTEXT OF MARITIME EDUCATION

Abstract

The article is devoted to the urgent problem of modernizing the methodology of teaching physics in maritime higher education institutions through the implementation of digital laboratories and simulators. The research substantiates the need for a combined approach that combines real and virtual experiments to improve the effectiveness of training future maritime specialists. The authors analyze the specific features of training maritime personnel who work in conditions of increased responsibility, where the understanding of physical processes is directly related to the safety of navigation. The paper identifies the main advantages of the combined approach: increasing the realism and safety of training, forming complex professional competencies, ensuring flexibility and economic efficiency, increasing the motivation of cadets, and the possibility of individualizing training. Based on the analysis of the professional requirements of the STCW Convention and training programs, the most relevant topics for virtual experimentation were selected: fluid mechanics and hydrostatics, wave mechanics, thermodynamics, and electromagnetism. Detailed methodological recommendations for organizing a laboratory lesson on the topic “Ship Stability” using a combined approach are presented.