The competence-based approach in educational and management practices: models of competencies

The article considers the peculiarities of the Russian way to implement the competence-based approach in the higher professional education system. Such an approach is supposed to improve interaction of the higher professional education and the labor market, increase the competitiveness of specialists and lead to the inevitable update of the content, methodology and environment of learning. The authors identify basic methods of definition and application of competencies and competency models in educational and business practices.

competence, competency, competence approach, competency model, education, educational standard