Aytakin Aliyeva

DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE ESSENCE AND CONTENT OF THE CONCEPT OF “PEDAGOGICAL COMPETENCE”

Summary. Summarizing what has been said, it is noted that concepts such as “pedagogical delicacy”, “pedagogical skill”, “pedagogical culture”, “pedagogical professionalism”, “pedagogical qualities”, etc., no matter how similar and very close in essence, depending on different complex aspects of the pedagogical process, as well as from the concepts of “pedagogical competency” and “pedagogical competence” have different contents. Their views on pedagogical competence can be summarized as follows: The competence of a teacher is manifested in his high moral qualities, national and universal values, deep knowledge, and perfect knowledge of his specialty and in teaching.

Keywords: pedagogical competence, pedagogical skill, pedagogical essence, professional competencies, pedagogical abilities