FACILITATION IN UNIVERSITY EDUCATION AS A TOOL FOR IMPLEMENTING A COMPETENCE-BASED APPROACH

Abstract

The article is dedicted to an analysis of theoretical foundations and empirical substantiation of facilitation in university education as a tool for implementing the competence-based approach. The objective of the study is to identify the potential of facilitation methods for developing of professional and socially significant competencies, as well as to analyze conditions for effective integration of facilitation into the educational process. The study addresses the following tasks: to study theoretical foundations of facilitation in the context of the competence-based paradigm, to summarize national and foreign experience in using facilitation technologies (business games, case method, project activities, etc.), to analyze their impact on the formation of specialized and universal professional competencies, and to develop methodological recommendations for the implementation of facilitation in the system of university education. The work substantiates the personality-oriented nature of facilitation, reveals its humanistic potential, which allows taking into account the individual characteristics of students and stimulating their critical thinking.