Competency-Building Approach as a Methodic Determinant in Training Bachelor-Degree Social-Work Specialists
The paper presents arguments in support of competency-building approach as a methodic determinant of modern-level education in the light of globalization process; justifies, that competence should be considered as innovation standard in the Third Generation Federal State Educational Standard of Higher Professional Education. Also presented is a set of competencies stipulated by the FSES for the training direction 040400.62 �Social Work� (with the degree (qualification) of Bachelor). The author reveals her own views on how to draw out an exemplary map of proper blend composition of competencies for a Bachelor-degree social worker with further integrating this map in the educational process, as one of the ways to implement competencybuilding approach. Challenge areas in developing and assessing competencies and benchmarks for eradicating these shortcomings are suggested with respect to implementing Third-generation FSES of Higher Professional Education.