REALIZATION OF COMPETENCE APPROACH IN TRAINING BACHELORS IN THE FIELD "SPECIAL (DEFECTOLOGICAL) EDUCATION"
The article looks at the problem of realization of the competence approach in training bachelors in the field of “Special (Defectological) Education” in connection with new requirements to special pedagogical education in accordance with FSES HPE. It analyzes the principles, content and specific features of the com-petence approach designated by the FSES. Special attention is paid to the notion of “professional competence” as a result of professional training of future specialists in pedagogical education. The author dwells on the corresponding funds of assessment tools presented both in teaching guides and in the concrete basic professional educational program 44.03.03 “Special (Defectological) Education” in the profile “Special Preschool Pedagogy and Psychology”. The choice of concrete professional competences (PC-1, PC-3, PC-5, PC-7, PC-8, PC-11) subject to diagnostics is substantiated. The article evaluates the level of formation of the basic professional competences of the fourth year students of a given specialty on the basis of results of current testing held in accordance with the assessment materials of a concrete basic professional educa-tional program. The results of evaluation of the level of formation of professional competences are analyzed in reference to the fund of assessment tools designated by the given basic professional educational program and the institutional levels of attainment. Conclusions are made about the level of formation of the competences in terms of realization of the competence approach in training bachelors of the field “Special (Defectological) Education” in the profile “Special Preschool Pedagogy and Psychology”.