SKILLS OF THE XXI CENTURY IN THE CONTEXT OF MODERN EDUCATIONAL REALITIES

Abstract

Changes in the system of public relations require education to be mobile and adequately respond to the challenges of a new historical stage in the development of the world community – the post-industrial one. The transition from an industrial society to a post-industrial and information society means that the processes of knowledge creation and dissemination are becoming crucial. The strengthening of the role of knowledge in social development, the gradual transformation of information into fixed capital fundamentally change the role of education in the structure of public life. Education not only reflects the state and trends in the development of society, but also actively influences it. The authors conclude that now there is another change in the educational paradigm, as a response to the changes that occurred in the advanced countries in the middle of the XX century and were associated with the gradual transition of civilization to a post-industrial society. These processes determined the definition of new skills of the XXI century of the modern specialist, which must begin to form, starting from preschool and primary education and ensure the continuity of their formation throughout all stages of general and professional education.