INNOVATIVE SCIENTIFIC - EDUCATIONAL CLUSTER FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

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The purpose of this paper is to analyze, from a theory of planned behavior perspective, the role of IT education and entrepreneurial intention. A conceptual model is developed based on the literature discussing the importance of IT education in global economic and social development. A number of hypothesis are developed based on demographic factors, risk taking propensity, proactiveness and self-efficacy to understand their relationship with entrepreneurial intention. The paper investigates the issues and challenges related to the variability, mobility of technologies of education, development of the conceptual framework based on modernization of IT education, formation of professional knowledge of future specialists of an IT profile in the system of continuous IT education in the conditions of the educational and scientific complex “school-college-university” and the ability IT expedient of such system of knowledge. The IT efficiency of the system of professional knowledge could be achieved through a scientific justification of the project-creative component that is not investigated enough. And there is necessity to implement this experimental innovative component of the professional IT training. In the process of the research the author worked out a theoretical cluster system model of economy by applying innovative technologies where intersubjective innovative connections are available. The research results involve clarification of the following concepts essence “modernization of the system of professional knowledge in IT” and “future specialists in the sphere of ITs”; introduction of a project- creative approach in an educational-scientific complex “an IT - school with its specialization – an IT - college – an IT-university” under conditions of the IT education. Future research suggestions are also stated highlighting the importance of fostering an entrepreneurial spirit in university students.