BUILDING SOFT SKILLS IN THE PROCESS OF FUTURE CHOREOGRAPHERS’ PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

The paper is devoted to the peculiarities of the soft skills building in the students majoring in “Choreography” during the educational process. The research also indicates the impact of social skills on the future graduates’ competitiveness. The paper states the fact of the existing problem of the relationship between the future choreographers’ knowledge gained in the educational process and the skills and abilities necessary for immediate immersion in their professional activities. It is emphasized in the research that modern requirements are set for the successful implementation of the educational process in a higher educational establishment. These requirements consider taking into account the needs of the labor market, studied by analyzing requests from potential employers, research of labor market development and employment experience of graduates as a necessary condition. It is proved that the effective application of social and psychological skills (soft skills) in a balanced combination with professional knowledge (hard skills) is one of the main indicators of a highly qualified specialist. The paper presents the program learning outcomes defined by the Standard of Higher Education. The mastery and achievement of these outcomes will ensure the future choreographers’ soft skills-building for their further employment. The research offers the set of methods that contribute to the acquisition of soft skills. Among them, there are as follows: a problem presentation, a search method, pair and small group work, a case method, a brainstorming, a presentation, a project method, discussions and debates, business games, creative tasks, and improvisation, and interpretation, etc The author determines social and psychological skills, which are formed more effectively during the students’ acquisition of educational components of different cycles: the cycle of educational components aimed at the formation of general competencies; educational components of the training cycle; educational components related to pedagogical communication; the cycle of educational management components; different types of practices. The influence of quarantine restrictions on the soft skills building in students majoring in “Choreography” is determined. Keywords: soft skills; flexible skills; competitiveness; future choreographers; students; educational components; competence; teaching methods; forms of teaching
У статті розглянуто особливості формування в студентів спеціальності «Хореографія» soft skills в умовах ЗВО та їхній вплив на конкурентоспроможність майбутніх випускників. Констатовано факт наявної проблеми співвідношення між отриманими знаннями та навичками, необхідними для негайного працевлаштування. Наведені програмні результати навчання, визначені Стандартом вищої освіти, які дозволять забезпечити формування в випускників важливих для працевлаштування навичок. Окреслено необхідні для майбутнього хореографа соціальні навички. Запропоновані методи, які сприяють набуттю soft skills. Ключові слова: soft skills; гнучкі навички; конкурентоспроможність; майбутні хореографи; студенти; освітні компоненти; компетентність; методи навчання; форми навчання.