Abstract
The purpose of this article is to demonstrate the feasibility and effectiveness of a systematic approach to the formation of professional competence of students in higher educational institutions. The study was conducted in the S. Seifullin Ka-zakh Agro Technical University with the participation of 126 master students (2 groups) of the specialty “Vocational Education”. Using a complex of theoretical, empirical and statistical methods, it was possible to show the ways to increase the effectiveness of the educational process. The basic principles for the training of students were formulated as: 1) systematic approach to the formation of profes-sional competence, organization and implementation of the educational process; 2) program-targeted formation of the indicative basis of the upcoming profes-sional activity, and 3) creating a competency model of the corresponding special-ist as a hierarchy of the student’s professional competency system, its subsys-tems, and supersystems. It is recommended that Kazakhstan universities should improve tools and procedures for assessing and monitoring students’ level of knowledge, as well as create new programs for developing students’ professional competencies to ensure their successful employment. The further research on the matter may be the systematic comparative study of contemporary teaching meth-ods and techniques to determine the most productive ways to prepare future pro-fessionals.
Highlights
Higher education has undergone significant changes recently
The transition to competency-based education is a natural step in modernizing the system of higher professional education, which allows us to resolve the contradictions between the requirements of the state and the employer for its quality, developing labor markets and actual results [4]
Observation, conversations with students, analysis of the results of their activities, questionnaires, interview – these are empirical methods that have made it possible to identify the main trends in the process of forming professional competence of students in higher educational institutions based on a systematic approach
Summary
Higher education has undergone significant changes recently. Globalization and technological changes are forcing educational institutions to engage in innovation and comprehensive quality improvement [1], including the personalization of content and services to adapt the education for the students with different needs, abilities and iJET ‒ Vol 16, No 10, 2021requirements [2]. Requirements for the quality of education, which grew up in the context of its restructuring and integration into the world community, significantly change the level of social expectations in relation to the effectiveness of the whole complex of higher education. The transition to competency-based education is a natural step in modernizing the system of higher professional education, which allows us to resolve the contradictions between the requirements of the state and the employer for its quality, developing labor markets and actual results [4]. Professional competence is the acquired quality of a person, which is determined by the student’s level of professional knowledge and skills, which further provides the graduate of a higher educational institution with demand in the labor market, social adaptation in society, selfrealization and self-sufficiency [6]. It is necessary to learn how to apply them in professional activities and build necessary inner confidence in the quality of one’s knowledge and skills [7]
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