Filimonova I. Professional Competence Formation of the Future Bachelors of Food Technology in the Process of Studying Special Disciplines

The dissertation is devoted to studying the professional competence formation’ features of future food technology’ bachelors in the process of studying special disciplines in high educational institutions. The current condition of Ukraine’s social and economic development, joining the WTO and the EU association promote development of new economic relations with other countries. These relations should be improved by means of new knowledge formation and learning market mechanisms. Meeting the demand for corresponding specialists on labor market requires optimal pedagogical conditions for modernization and further development of professional education. Competency-based approach proved to be effective in professional education modernization. It is aimed at formation of professional competency with future specialists. Mastering professional competencies will let a highly-skilled specialist not only improve educational process, but also maintain his qualification according to the technical and social-economic development level. Ukraine’s 2021 National Strategic Reference Framework (of 2013), Higher Education Act (2014), the Edict of the President of Ukraine of 2015 “On Constant Development Strategy “Ukraine 2020”, and the bill of 2016 “On Professional Education” state strategic tasks for training the mentioned specialists according to the professional education competency paradigm. This aspect focuses on training food-processing specialists with regard to mastering the integral system of professional competencies and demonstration of intellectual and creative skills. Such high requirements of a modern food-processing specialist's level stipulate implementation in professional higher education. Analysis of the competency approach application proved that the approach not only changes goal and result oriented background of professional education, but also type of education and its other criteria. Despite the increase in the number of scientific publications on the problems of the competency-based approach, the apparatus characterizing its essence in vocational education is still not well founded. In particular, there are no scientific and methodological developments regarding the features of the formation of professional competence of future specialists in higher pedagogical educational institutions, whose teachers are not always able to implement a competency-based approach in training.