Creative Competence And Reflexive Competence As Required Characteristics Of A Modern Student

Abstract

The article describes development of competitiveness, creative and reflective competence in students as required characteristics in the modern constantly changing society. The authors suggest developing these characteristics through various disciplines, using opportunities for additional and distance education, extracurricular activities, research activities, using reflexive methods and forms. As a part of the comprehensive study, the author presents a model for developing competitiveness, creative and reflective competence in students. The model involves the following components: a purpose determined by the government and the educational system to develop the personality of a modern student; methodological approaches (system-activity, competence, hermeneutic) and principles (openness, continuity, flexibility, understanding, dialogue and reflexivity); a substantial component reflected in various activities (contests, grants, conferences, competitions, etc.); an organizational component which involves development of competitiveness, creative and reflective competencies and use of complex methods, forms and means; a modular component involving implementation of a program consisting of four modules (disciplinary, training, extracurricular and coursework). The article describes the results of diagnostics of competitiveness, creative and reflexive competences of students of the experimental and control groups at different model implementation stages. The experimental and control groups were compared using the Pearson χ2 test and the Spearman test.