Human capital's humanitarian characterestics of a cometent approach to education

The research presents theoretical study's results on the humanizing human capital problem in the competency-based approach context to education. The methodological basis of this research was the competence-based approach key provisions. The focus on the competence-based approach contributed to the humanitarian context of human capital (education) expansion, since this approach is focused not only on professional formation, but also on the personality of a student, on his individual interests' development, potential and abilities. With the aim of analyzing and content of the research's main concepts, the key provisions and concepts were considered that demonstrate the relationship between human capital and the competence-based approach. It is noted that competence, as a human property, was thoroughly analyzed only in the middle of the 20th century, and was associated with a humanistic approach focused on the student's personality, on his individual interests' development, potential and abilities. The educational and upbringing potential contained in the structure competence-based approach structure is aimed not only at the social and professional stratification formation of a future specialist, but also develops social qualities of an individual, manifested in his behavior and interaction with other members of society, that is, it is humanitarian in nature. Being in its essence a certain transformation in education and professional activity, the competence-based approach presupposes a change in the education social functions, which is not only the pedagogical process of human reproduction, but also a condition for revealing its essence (human). In this case, the concept of competence acts as a basic characteristic of a professional person and the development of cultural, moral and intellectual formations change his professional motivation, reflected in the consciousness of an individual and contribute to the professional competencies mastery. The expansion of human capital's (education) humanitarian component within the competence-based approach framework implies, in addition to a set of knowledge transferring, skills and abilities in a certain area, also the development of outlook, interdisciplinary vision, the ability to individual creative solutions and self-study, humanistic values formation. Human capital's humanitarian characteristics in the competency-based approach context to education are: - concept «competence» in the humanitarian approach context is interpreted as a structure for assessing internal criteria by a subject himself, as an individual's understanding of his incentive to get an education, realizing of inferiority of his own knowledge degree and foreseeing actions aimed at overcoming these limitations; - as a subject of his educational route throughout his life, starting from various cultural practices and ending with adaptation and socialization, a person is an entrepreneur of his education, changing his professional and cultural identity; - competence-based approach, being humanitarian in its essence, forms in a person new socio-cultural values, attitudes and views, which contributes to his further formation and development as a person.

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