Active learning strategies: the demand of today’s education

Abstract

The paper reveals the changing trends in the sphere of professional training of future seafarers so that it can provide for the efficient training and preparation for the future professional activity. It is proved that professional training of future seafarers must be aimed not only at gaining of minimum required skills and competencies but at the provision of creative activity to enhance cadets’ abilities of critical thinking and promote their intellectual development that will enable them to adapt and adequately react to the unpredictable and challenging situations and circumstances of their complicated professional environment. It is recognized that promoting active learning strategies while developing communicative skills of future seafarers at different levels of education is the key to the effective and productive educational environment.