Opportunities for development of information competence of students in universities

Abstract

Modern pedagogical education is aimed at improving future specialists’ professional competence, competitiveness, self-realization and most importantly, at providing them opportunities to do research and develop their knowledge. In this case, one of the main tasks of the educational institution is to train the future specialist to learn and study, to be able to navigate in the constantly changing flow of information, to think critically and creatively. In the rapidly developing information society, information competence is undoubtedly one of the most necessary capabilities. This is because informational competence has an important role in forming the individuality of the future specialist, in their personal experience when fulfilling professional requirements and in improving their professional qualifications. The article considers the opportunities of developing the information competence of future teacher-psychologists in universities. That is the possibilities and the role of the content of elective subjects, student centers, educational institution's newspaper and official social networks as means of mass media in developing future specialists’ information competence. Domestic and foreign scientific works within the scope of the topic were studied, data were compared and systematized. Based on the analysis of the results of the student survey method, conclusions were made regarding the development of information competence of students in higher education institutions, and recommendations for the development of information competence of future teacher-psychologists were given.