UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ SOCIAL PROJECT ACTIVITY AS A METHOD FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR SOFT SKILLS

Abstract

Globalization, development of the information society and other modern trends have actualized the importance of soft skills in the context of the labor market and the higher education system. On the agenda of modern Russian universities is the question of effective methods and technologies for formation and development of students’ soft skills. Special attention is paid to the substantiation of the possibilities of students’ social project activity in the context of development of their soft skills related to social, intellectual, volitional and leadership competencies. The practice of students’ social project activity in the Altai State University, Department of Sociology is set out. The technological chain of social projects developed by students and indirect results of mastering the complex of knowledge and skills in the field of social design are described.