PEDAGOGICAL APPROACHES TO THE ORGANIZATION OF EDUCATIONAL PROCESS IN THE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM
The article presents current approaches to optimize the educational process at modern universities. It is shown that the competence approach in education opens the possibilities for students' better quality training for the real life. The author describes the positions of humanistic approach and contextual learning theory, as well as the possibility of creating an integrated system that combines the directions and principles of the contemporary pedagogical approaches.