THE CONTENT COMPONENT OF THE DEVOPS APPROACH AS A FACTOR IN THE MODERNISATION OF PROFESSIONAL TRAINING FOR FUTURE IT SPECIALISTS

Abstract

The article provides a theoretical basis for the role of content in the DevOps approach to modernising professional training for future IT specialists, in the context of digital educational transformation. DevOps is considered an integrated pedagogical paradigm combining technical, organisational and humanitarian aspects of learning to foster systemic thinking, team interaction and continuous improvement. The content component of the DevOps pedagogical framework has been found to perform a system-forming function by combining the cognitive, activity-based and reflective components of professional training. Implementing it ensures coordination between educational content and real technological processes in the modern IT industry. This study aims to analyse the role of the DevOps approach’s content component as a tool for modernising professional education, and to determine its structure, functions, and pedagogical capabilities. The methodology is based on applying theoretical methods of analysis, synthesis and generalisation, as well as systemicstructural and modelling approaches, to construct the logic of the DevOps educational content block and form its didactic principles. The scientific novelty lies in clarifying the pedagogical dimension of DevOps, interpreting it as the core of a modern professional education model that harmonises technological industry processes and educational outcomes. A structural model of the DevOps education content block is proposed, covering conceptual, instrumental-practical and communicative-reflective subsystems. Conclusions: The DevOps approach’s content component ensures the transition from a disciplinary to an integrative model of education. It promotes the digitisation of practical training and the development of a reflective-analytical culture among students, as well as their professional mobility. Implementing it forms the basis for training IT specialists who can meet the requirements of Industry 4.0.