Naumenko S. Organization of professional training of gifted students in Chinese schools

The relevance of the study is to take into account the current pace of industry, digital technology, economics, science and culture, increasing labor mobility, which necessitates increasing the number of skilled workers, professionals who are able to think creatively and generate new ideas. Today, professional education in Ukraine and in most countries of the world has lost its prestige, although the modern labor market proves that the most popular are working professions. One of the reasons for this is the imperfection of the system of professional training in schools, in particular the active involvement of gifted children in the acquisition of professional competencies in various fields of industry, engineering and technology. The scientific novelty of the results of the study is that for the first time: based on criteria such as political events, economic development of the country, development of pedagogical theory and practice, the formation of a network of vocational education institutions, the stages of organizing vocational training of gifted students in China were identified and characterized. The semantic aspects of professional training of gifted students in Chinese schools. The study characterizes the forms of professional training of gifted students. Objective scientific analysis identified difficulties in organizing professional training of gifted students in the China. A comparative and pedagogical analysis of the organization of professional training of gifted students in schools of China and Ukraine, outlines ways to use pedagogically valuable experience and theoretical ideas of China to improve professional training of gifted students in secondary education in Ukraine. The notion of the essential characteristics and content of the concept of «giftedness» and its interpretation in accordance with foreign and Ukrainian semantics.