Development of social competence in university students: an innovative pedagogical approach

The article emphasizes the importance and explores the essence and content of the concept of social competence. It identifies the main components of social competence and the conditions for organizing the educational process to foster it. By analyzing the professional and social functions of specialists, the article identifies the components that should be based on an acmeological direction, social functions, and social norms of the individual, all of which are part of the main components of social competence. The optimization of the entire system of professional- pedagogical training involves finding effective approaches (in the context of level education) to develop social competence in future specialists. The article also demonstrates the importance of applying contextual learning theory to develop social competence in specialists. It outlines the components included in the structure of social competence and the main provisions of effective approaches and principles for the formation of social competence in students. Finally, the article shows ways to form and develop social competence through the use of information and communication technologies.