FORMATION OF SOFT SKILLS IN FUTURE VOCATIONAL TEACHERS

Abstract

The article examines a problem of developing soft skills in future vocational training teachers as a factor of adaptability and mobility in the labor market in the context of educational transformation. The idea is substantiated that future teachers should become active participants in the era of digitalization, which involves the redistribution and balancing of professional competencies and supra-professional skills. The article pays special attention to communication as a fundamental supra-professional skill that contributes to the professional orientation of the individual. The article also highlights the pedagogical conditions for the effective formation of soft skills among students (future vocational teachers). The work briefly conveys results of testing the author’s program for developing advanced professional skills among university students.