КОМПЕТЕНТНІСНИЙ ПІДХІД ЯК КОНЦЕПТУАЛЬНА ОСНОВА ПІДГОТОВКИ МАЙБУТНІХ УЧИТЕЛІВ ПОЧАТКОВОЇ ШКОЛИ

Abstract

The cardinal changes are taking place in the social and economic sphere of the state, the entry of Ukrain into the world educational space determines the innovation processes, reorientation of vocational and pedagogical preparation to European standards. In this regard, the requirements have been increased not only to the professional competence of the teacher, but also to personal qualities, manifested in the ability to navigate in the diversity of contradictions of the modern world, be prepared for permanent changes, independently acquire competences in accordance with the chosen specialty, identify the personal ways of creative self-realization, self-development and self-education.Modernization of Ukrainian educational system takes place in line with democratic social transformations and the priorities of the present days, which necessitate the substantial updating of the content, forms and methodical provision of training of specialists on the basis of a competent approach. This is provided by the Law of Ukraine “On Education”, the Concept “New Ukrainian School”.The competence approach is the basis of formation of competitiveness of the future specialist. Competitiveness has the attributes of competency that allows to evaluate knowledge, skills and experience, as well as experiences and values acquired through the process of training in a higher education institution. The purpose of the research is to analyze the modern approaches to the formulation of the concept “competence”, to find out the components of professional competence.The modern approaches to the formulation of the concept “competence” have been analyzed in the article. The historical and terminological analysis of its essence made it possible to find out the components, the structure of professional competence. The special attention has been paid to the content of key and substantive competencies. Formation of professional competence of future teachers of elementary school should be carried out taking into account the modern requirements in the field of education, educational programs of the specialty, and the State standard of elementary general education.