FORMATION OF SOFT SKILLS IN THE PROCESS OF TEACHING HUMANITIES ON THE BASIS OF MODERN PEDAGOGICAL TECHNOLOGIES

Abstract

The article discusses the main features of development in students of soft skills while teaching humanities with the help of modern educational technologies. The first part of the article describes features of the world and Russian society development over the past three decades and concludes that further reforms in the field of higher professional education are necessary. In order to meet the needs of modern society, the latter should develop not only professional skills, but also supra-professional, soft skills. The paper states that humanities can play an important role in the development of students’ soft skills. The final part of the article provides an overview of advanced pedagogical technologies, which effectiveness in terms of soft skills development has been confirmed by both pedagogical science and practice.