APPLICATION OF THE COMPETENCE APPROACH IN THE STUDY PROCESS OF UKRAINIAN UNIVERSITIES – THE MAIN RESERVE TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION OF THEIR GRADUATES

Abstract

In recent years, it is known that there have been significant changes in the system of training specialists with higher education in the universities of light industry and trade profile. This is especially true for the commodity profile specialists. These changes are due to various reasons, namely: the need to significantly improve the quality of training of these specialists, the need for a radical restructuring of the standardization system in light industry, trade and higher education in connection with the withdrawal of former USSR standards from the practical use, the saturation of the domestic market by imported goods and reduced demand for similar domestic goods, needs for reorientation of exports of domestic industrial products, etc. The need to significantly improve the quality of commodity profile specialists training in the domestic universities of light industry and trade profile is conditioned by the importance of a radical restructuring of the educational process in universities of light industry and trade in Ukraine in connection with the introduction of a competence approach, contextual training and the need to meet the requirements of international educational standards. In this article the role of introducing a competence approach into the educational process of commodity specialties of light industry and trade profile universities in forming the quality of graduates of commodity profile is revealed. At the same time the study is focused on training of commodity experts engaged in resolving the problems of forming and assessing the level of quality and safety of textiles and clothing.