Lala Allahverdiyeva

Key words: professional competence, pedagogical activity, professional skills, educational environment, pedagogical mastery, pedagogical and psychological knowledge, subject knowledge

Lala Zahir Allahverdiyeva

TO THE DEFINITION OF THE CONCEPT "PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCES» IN PEDAGOGICAL LITERATURE

Summary. The concept of professional competences and its reflecting issues are analyzed in the article. Starting from the stage when educational reforms were implemented, the requirements necessary to be formed while performing the professional activity were examined in the normative legal acts adopted in later periods, and the criteria considered necessary for the teacher's activity were analyzed.In the scientific- pedagogical literature, the ideas reflecting the issues of teacher's professional skills and pedagogical mastery were reviewed, along with Azerbaijani researchers, the opinions of representatives of foreign countries related to professional competencies were studied. It is determined that the formation of professional competence is a cyclical process, because there is a need to constantly improve professionalism due to new conditions and requirements arising in the process of pedagogical activity.