CRITERIA AND INDICATORS OF THE LEVEL OF PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SPECIALISTS

Abstract

The training of specialists under the conditions of the modern information society requires them to have a certain level of professional competence. The problem of formation and development of professional competence of future information technology specialists remains relevant. It is proposed to implement the process of developing this quality within the framework of the professional competence formation model, one of the stages of which is the diagnosis of the initial state of professional competence. The article specifies the concepts of "criterion", "indicator", "level"; general requirements for the criteria are defined. Based on the analysis of scientific and pedagogical research, regulatory documents, professional training experience, the criteria for the formation of the professional competence of future IT specialists have been identified, which reflect its structural components: motivational (level of formation of motives, needs, values regarding the performance of professional activities), content (availability of a knowledge system from the field of information technologies), technological (the degree of practical application of knowledge and skills when solving professionally oriented tasks) and subjective (professionally important qualities of a future specialist in information technologies and the ability to reflect on educational and professional activities). Formulated criteria made it possible to determine the relevant indicators. Four levels of formation of professional competence of future IT specialists are distinguished and substantiated: reproductive (initial), conscious (average), productive (sufficient) and creative (high). The further direction of research on this problem is the expansion of the diagnostic apparatus for assessing the level of formation of professional competence of future IT specialists.