THEORETICAL BASES OF PUPILS’ KEY COMPETENCES FORMATION AT LABOR EDUCATION LESSONS

The article, taking into account the modern social order for the education system for the upbringing of a person capable of self-realization and self-awareness in the realities of modern life, describes human competencies as indicators that determine a pupil’s readiness to participate in society and school labor education in this aspect. Key competencies are interpreted as a set of personal qualities combined into a complex of a certain level of knowledge, skills, attitudes that affect a wide range of activities (learning skills, general culture, citizenship, information and communication technologies, the desire to preserve health, etc.). The importance of developing pupils’ holistic thinking at labor education lessons in secondary school is described as the ability to see each problem as a whole, imagine its scale and significance, connect a large number of small details, and contextualize knowledge. Relevant pupils’ skills are defined, in particular the ability to work in a team, use information technology, think critically, and resolve conflicts. For teachers these skills are the ability to direct the arsenal of pedagogical influences on students, and to form key competencies. The factors of pupils’ key competencies formation at labor education lessons are singled out. They are the following: the attention of the pedagogical community to the issue; construction of a balanced content of the subject; development of pupils’ cognitive interests in labor training and technology.