This study presents situational analysis as a suitable framework for the development of qualitatively-oriented interdisciplinary research in the social sciences. The article argues that even though interdisciplinary research is considered a coveted form of research practice, it is not particularly well developed in the social sciences. This is partly due to institutional barriers, but also because the majority of disciplines lack a suitable theoretical and methodological framework capable of unifying a variety of theoretical bases and primarily methodological processes. Situational analysis, which is based on the work of second generation grounded theorists, is ideal for this purpose, as it offers a frame for theoretical, epistemological, empirical and methodological interdisciplinarity.
Different approaches to defining the concept “interdisciplinary relations” are analysed in the article. It is discovered that implementing interdisciplinary relations in secondary schools educational process has a significant didactic effect that reveals itself primarily in providing scientific and systematic knowledge due to eliminating the educational material repetition in various related subjects; releasing time, which can be used more effectively for teaching purposes. To provide interdisciplinary relations between Labour Training and Technical Drafting future Technology teacher should possess a proper level of professional training, to know and to be able to use various teaching technologies and to be aware of the existing curricula content. The curricula content of such school subjects as Labour Training and Technical Drafting were analysed by the authors; the possibilities of realizing interdisciplinary relations between these subjects were described and the leading role of Labour Training in these relations was grounded. It requires the high level of graphic skills of the technology teacher. The speciality 6.010103 “Technological Education” curriculum analysis allowed finding out that such subjects as Technical Drafting Geometry, Technical Drafting Teaching Methods and Computer Graphics have to provide the future Technology teachers’ proper level of graphic skills. The possibilities of future Technology teachers’ training to implement interdisciplinary relations between Labour Training and Drafting are revealed. Future Technology teachers’ skills to implement interdisciplinary relations between Labour Training and Drafting are dedicated taking into account the leading role of Labour Training. It is proved that interdisciplinary relations implementing is a didactic condition, which improves the scientific level and availability of Labour Training and Technical Drafting, enhances students’ cognitive activity and promotes the quality of their knowledge and skills, that allows both rational and efficient use of time in class.
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