Abstract
Relevance. In modern education, there is a great demand for the release of highly professional specialists who will cooperate and build constructive relationships with others, solve problems, and have unified skills or soft skills. The soft skills group includes a large group of skills that do not depend on training programmes, but have a great impact on the professional growth of a person and the successful development of solid professional skills.Purpose. Therefore, the purpose of the study was to investigate the problem of the development of soft skills in higher school students in the process of fostering their professional qualities, and to identify and create conditions (methods or courses) under which the complex development of soft skills of students will be provided.Methodology. The research methods chosen were questionnaires, surveys, psychological diagnostic methods, and the rank standardisation method.Results. The findings of the study determined which soft skills students need to develop (understanding of management, development of self-control and self-realisation, development of leadership and communicative qualities), and in which area. In addition, the state of development of these skills in students of higher educational institutions and the ways of their development were diagnosed. Moreover, scientific and methodological foundations were created for the development of soft skills in the educational process.Conclusions. In the course of the study, a model for the development of soft skills and a course programme were created that can be introduced into the educational process of higher education in order to develop high professional qualities. The results of the study, the model and the course can be used in further research on this problem.
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