Interactive technologies in teaching political science in higher education

The article is devoted to the use of interactive technologies in the educational process of the university, taking into account the ongoing transformation of the educational system. The relevance of the research is determined by the increased demands to graduates who are supposed to be ready for professional activity. They must be active, self-motivated, and able to navigate the latest information technologies. The purpose of the article is to analyze existing ideas on the meaning and methods of interactive technologies and describe certain interactive tasks that the author uses in his teaching practice in a modified form. The author relied on the theory of symbolic interactionism in the context of social interaction and pedagogical research of game activity in learning based on an activity-based approach. The examples of the use of interactive technologies in various areas of professional training by Russian and foreign specialists are given. The advantages of using interactive technologies in teaching at universities are also shown, with an emphasis on political science with a focus on acquiring competences. The conducted research has revealed a new perspective on the use of interactive technologies associated with the rapid development of artificial intelligence and its introduction into the educational process.