PERIOD OF PROFESSIONAL PRACTICAL TRAINING AS A CONDITION OF PROFESSIONAL MATURITY OF STUDENTS
The author refers to a question of organization of practice-oriented activity of students during their university studies and how this activity contributes to a successful transformation of theoretical knowledge into practical skills in the sphere of their specialization. Practical work is considered as one of the important conditions of professional maturity of future experts in the contemporary higher education, the responsibility for the organization of which is taken by a school. The article examines the key stages of a period of work in companies by students and the difficulties that heads of companies and organizations often face. The author attempts to structure activities for the training, use and control of the period of students' professional training in companies fulfilled by the university. The paper has recommendations how to do the estimation of a level of maturity of students' professional competence as future experts and how to determine a trajectory of an individual's professional development in subsequent training courses.