Professional and Personal Undergraduates’ Development in the Educational Process from the Perspective of Competency-Based Approach

AbstractThe article describes higher education objectives, namely students’ professional and personal development. The role of moral development in personal development is revealed. The authors analyze the content of educational standards requirements to formation of undergraduates’ general cultural competences as a mechanism of students’ personal development while studying in higher education institutions. The article describes the results of empiric study on professional and personal undergraduates’ development upon realization of educational process from the perspective of competency-based approach. The author defines the character of the link between students’ performance as a reflection of their professional development and the level of their moral development as a reflection of their personal development