The competition training method in the formation of professional competence of the future music teacher

© Serials Publications The article deals with the problem of modernization of educational tools aimed at the development of professional competence of future music teachers in accordance with the Federal State Educational Standards for Higher Education. The authors considers the competition training method as a new means of forming professional competence. The method aims at improving education quality, developing intellectual and creative potential of future music teachers, stimulating and providing conditions for their professional self-fulfillment. The article introduces pedagogical and educational opportunities of competition, which are available in the course of forming professional competence of the future music teacher. The authors provide the theoretical justification of the competition training method and state its target and methodological basis. The paper presents a seven-component educational technology as a circulating pedagogical mechanism and determines the stages of forming professional competence of the future music teacher. The results of experimental approbation of the educational tool of forming the professional competence of the future music teacher have proved the effectiveness of the competition training method, which ensures the quality of professional training of teachers in higher education. Keywords: Competence, professional competence, the competition training method, the future music teacher, educational technology