PEDAGOGICAL APPROACHES TO THE FORMATION OF LIFE COMPETENCE IN CLASSICAL UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

Abstract

Summary. The article is devoted to the issues of developing life competence in teachers-to-be in the educational environment of a classical university. Some information about certain peculiarities in a system of pedagogical training in a classical university which cause attempts in elaborating new practically oriented tactics and perficient mechanisms for effective realization of professional training in future specialists in the educational field has been highlighted and systematized. It is found that in classical universities there is the tendency not only to provide students with fundamental knowledge, but to develop their creative thinking, research skills, independent creative approach to solving practical tasks, striving to learn throughout life, continuous selfeducation which considerably contribute to student life competence developing. It is determined that in the educational process in classical universities the emphasis should be based on two main blocks, which form life competence of a person: learner-centered (physical, cognitive, emotionalvolitional and spiritual) and society-centered competencies which define the successfulness of a person’s life activity in economic, social, family, politic, and cultural spheres. The purpose of the article is to outline and analyze the principal components of the main approaches to the formation of life competence in classical university students. The basic aspects of personalityactivity, axiological and competence approaches as a theoretical background of pedagogical conditions of developing life competence are stressed. The fundamental pedagogical principles in the process of professional training of teachers-to-be are accentuated. It is concluded that fulfillment of the basic aspects of personality-activity, axiological and competence approaches contributes to forming value guiding line of a personality, to developing ethical and creative abilities, effective performing social roles, self-development and self-fulfillment and productive living which are constituents of a concept of life competence.