CONCEPTUALIZATION OF THE MODEL OF INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE OF FUTURE PROFESSIONALS OF SOCIONOMIC PROFESSIONS

Abstract

The relevance of the study is due to the fact that intercultural competence should be inherent in almost every professional, especially in the socionomic professions. This article describes the necessary prerequisites for conceptualizing the model of intercultural competence of future professionals in socionomic professions. The purpose of this article is to proceed on the basis of the generalization on the conceptualization of the model of intercultural competence of specialists of socionomic professions taking into account the challenges and requirements of modern society. We used theoretical methods in the study, namely analysis, abstraction, generalization, explanation and classification. The author analyzes the most typical and used definitions of the studied phenomenon, which are found in the scientific achievements of researchers and the basic concepts that underlie their interpretations. Based on the analysis of the scientific literature on this problem, we have attempted to identify and characterize the leading structural components of intercultural competence of socionomic professions: motivational, cognitive, activе, communicative, conative. Based on the generalization of theories and models of intercultural interaction and intercultural competence of researchers, an attempt was made to define the conceptualization of the model of intercultural competence of socionomic professions taking into account modern challenges. The development of this model will provide a fuller understanding of intercultural competence in the context of the peculiarities of the professional activities of specialists in socionomic professions and understanding the approaches to its formation. Further understanding of the relationships between the components of intercultural competence and the leading factors, that have a significant impact on them, will be the basis for producing hypotheses on their nature and detailing of character of relationships between them, which will allow us to understand the system of intercultural competence of socionomic professions in higher educational institutions.