The Competence Approach as a Methodological Tool for Shaping the Professional Competence of Future Music Teachers

Abstract

The article considers the role, importance and features of the competence approach as strong trend in the development of art education in the context of global integration and globalisation trends. The key properties of professional competency of a future art teacher are characterised; the significance of the system of thinking actions and operations as the basic foundation for its development is established. The specificity of methodological support for the teaching of art disciplines, aimed at using the maximum number of mental operations, is described. The conducted research allowed generalising the definition of professional competency of future art teachers as an integrated qualitative characteristic of an art teacher, which is a complex of knowledge, abilities and skills acquired as a result of professional art training, selfstudy, own teaching and performing experience in the areas of teaching art disciplines, art history, pedagogy, psychology, etc., and pedagogical and artistic communication, the ability to operate freely with certain knowledge and skills and to apply them effectively in the course of practical professional activities.