“Competence” and “Global Competence” in theory and practice of international researches

Abstract

The article provides an analysis of the use of the terms “competence”, “competency-based approach” in international engineering education. The author has studied the scientific and theoretical literature and the practice of introducing a competency-based approach in engineering education of foreign countries. In the framework of foreign studies, various international projects for assessing competencies are considered: PISA, “Definition and selection of competencies” (DeSeCo), etc. A brief overview of the practice of foreign universities to determine the level and assessment of students’ competencies is presented. Conclusions are drawn on the approaches considered in the definition and assessment of competencies in engineering education. It was revealed as a promising area of research as a combination of efforts of engineering and technical education specialists in the direction of unification of methods for assessing global competencies.