Formation of Hybrid Educational Structures in Russian Engineering Education

In this paper, a substantiation of the hybrid nature of the modernization of the Russian engineering education is given. The influence of integration preferences in the higher education reform on the formation of hybrid educational structures in engineering education of Russia is revealed. The definition of a hybrid system is given and the processes of hybridization of the education sphere are considered. Various aspects of educational hybridization are discussed. The peculiarities of hybrid transformations and their connection with educational reality are considered. The hybrid nature of the competence approach in Russian engineering education is emphasized. © 2019, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.