Formation of communicative skills of applicants of higher education in the process of studying the interfaculty discipline “generations X, Y, Z and the challenges of modernity

Abstract

The need to form the communicative skills of applicants for higher education is determined by the requirements of the modern labor market, increasing requirements for the quality of education. Higher education institutions have all the potential to meet this challenge and cover the entire range of development of students communication skills and abilities in the learning process. The role of higher education institutions in training personnel to meet the needs of the labor market is not only to provide graduates with professional knowledge, skills and abilities, but also in the cross-cutting development of general, soft skills required for higher education applicants to adequately meet the challenges of today’s competitive world. We consider the formation of students’ communicative skills and abilities from the standpoint of the conceptual provisions of the competence-based approach in the modern educational paradigm. Pedagogical conditions and prospects for the formation of students communicative skills are associated with the development and implementation of appropriate activities in the educational process, reflecting the patterns, content, logic and structure of the development and improvement of students communicative potential. The study of the formation of students communication skills was based on the selection of significant indicators, which were measured using diagnostic techniques. The article reveals the possibilities of developing students communicative skills in the process of studying the interfaculty discipline «Generation X, Y, Z and the challenges of our time», taking into account innovative trends in modern higher education and with an emphasis on modeling situations that may arise in future professional activities in the system interaction of four generations.