Theoretical foundations for the development of professional competencies in education

Abstract

The article is based on a hypothesis: the process of forming students' professional competencies will be more effective if the technology of developing critical thinking is used in the educational process. Based on this, the main tasks solved in the article are as follows: - the analysis of scientific and methodological literature on the topic under study was carried out; - justified and developed various techniques for the development of critical thinking; - criteria and indicators of the effectiveness of the technology for the development of critical thinking have been identified; - the effectiveness of the developed methods in the process of teaching students has been checked.