Attitudes of Students-Future Primary School Teachers towards Competency-Based Approach in Education

Despite the fact that competency-based approach in education has been recognized in many leading countries of the world, various aspects of its understanding and implementation at different levels of education continue to attract attention of researchers. Besides, the formation of competency-based approach, even in countries with a developed system of education, faces certain difficulties. The purpose of the research is to determine which technological models in university teacher education are more effective in the formation of future primary school teachers’ preparation to implement competency-based approach in school education, and to identify which characteristics of competency-based educational process students consider the most significant. 200 senior students from Bulgaria and Russia took part in the survey for the research. Competency-based approach was considered at several levels: at levels of school, profession and university training. The participants of the research determined the following main qualitative features: the results of student’s progress; gender; involvement in professional activities. Yet we did not set the task to compare Bulgaria and Russia, but we identified the most general ideas of students about the competency-based approach, degree of self-assessment in the formation of their basic professional competencies, expedient and effective practices aimed at mastering these competencies. The study allowed us to identify deficits in the formation of competencies that ensure the ability to act effectively in the future in situations of professional, personal and social life.