DEVELOPMENT OF KEY COMPETENCIES IN THE CONTEXT OF LIFELONG LEARNING FOR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

Abstract

The article is devoted to the issue of developing cultural competencies in the system of lifelong education. The emphasis is shifted to the ability to apply acquired knowledge, skills and abilities in a specific situation, to how the student combines professional and cultural competencies in his activities. The structure and content of cultural competence, as well as the forms of its formation among students, are revealed. The article provides several definitions of the concept of “cultural competence”. For example, one of the authors believes that this is a wide range of issues that students should know well, this is knowledge and experience in the field of national and universal culture, the spiritual and moral foundations of human life, humanity and individual nations, the cultural foundations of traditions.