RESEARCH OF PROBLEM OF FORMATION OF GRAPHIC COMPETENCE OF FUTURE PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION SPECIALISTS

The article reveals the peculiarities of the development and functioning of vocational education in different countries of the world, including Ukraine. It was established that the reform of the national education and its entry into the European educational space put forward new requirements for the quality of the training of future professionals in vocational education. Therefore, the purpose of the article is to reveal the concept and peculiarities of the formation of graphic competence of future professionals in the field of computer technology. To achieve the goal of the article, methodology is used to analyze the development of vocational education in Ukraine and to study the problem of graphic competence formation of future professionals in the field of computer technology in foreign experience. The article defines the concept of "graphic competence of future professionals in vocational education", defines the conditions for its formation and the prospects of development of a competent approach in the educational process of such specialists – that was scientific novelty. A number of unresolved problems of vocational education development in Ukraine have been identified for today: high pace of scientific and technological progress has caused the aging of professional competences of future professionals in the field of computer technology; the regulatory framework does not ensure the effective functioning of institutions of higher education and the formation of qualitative training of future specialists; traditional means, methods and forms of training do not meet the current requirements of qualified experts in the field of computer technology. Based on the conducted research, it was concluded that the formation of graphic competence of future professionals in vocational education in the field of computer technologies, considering foreign experience, is considered a necessary component of their vocational and pedagogical training