THE PROBLEM OF DETERMINING THE CONTENT OF SOCIAL COMPETENCE IN MODERN RESEARCH

https://doi.org/10.31652/2415-7872-2022-71-77-85

Abstract

The article is based on reference literature, official documents on education, and modern research, analyzes the essential signs of competence as a personality development. It is noted that the basis of competence lies in mastering the experience of cognitive, creative, practical, value-seeking activities, as well as the use of the mastered content of education to solve practical-cognitive, value-oriented and communicative tasks and problems. Emphasis is placed on the fact that competence is an integral characteristic of a person, which determines his active life position and ability to solve problems and solve tasks based on value self-determination, using knowledge, skills, personal qualities, work experience. Formulated definition of social competence of high school students as the ability of an individual to solve socially significant tasks, jointly make a decision, participate in its implementation, take responsibility, effectively interact with the surrounding world, as well as the ability of a person to adapt in society, making a conscious choice regarding rules, norms, laws of social life, to form a system of values acceptable for oneself and society.  The analysis of the works of modern researchers in the field of social competence allows us to single out the characteristic signs of social competence, which is a set of specific abilities that make it possible to achieve success in social interaction: the ability to work with people in a group, team; the ability to flexibly change one's behavior depending on the situation, the ability to perform social roles, the ability to make decisions, take responsibility, the ability to combine personal interests with the needs of society, mastering social experience as a mastered set of methods of activity.