Optimization of Curricula of Engineering and Pedagogical Specialties Based on the Construction of a Model for Structuring Interdisciplinary Relations

The paper discusses various methods for the Educational Data Mining (EDM), including curricula, based on interdisciplinary teaching. Their advantages and disadvantages are being discussed. The problem of interdisciplinary teaching in engineering and pedagogical education has its own specifics, which is due to the fact that, in essence, this education is complex interdisciplinary, and the training of future teachers of vocational institutions has been implemented at the border of pedagogical and engineering sciences. The authors propose a method for optimizing the curricula of engineering and pedagogical specialties based on the algorithm of phased construction model for structuring interdisciplinary relations. This method is based on the graph theory. The result of the method has been presented as a graph of interdisciplinary relations in tier-parallel form. The construction of the graph and solving the problem of interdisciplinary integration has been implemented using software developed by the authors, the description of which is given in the paper. The paper also discusses the results of optimization.