Communicative competence as the basis of professional "soft skills" of a teacher-psychologist
The article deals with the problem of the formation of flexible communication skills in students of the psychological and pedagogical direction, and the lack of development in psychological science of a holistic view of the formation of these skills, through the prism of the concept of "softs kills", as one of the tracks of a dynamically changing world. The purpose of this study is to study the phenomenon of "softs kills" in the framework of the competence approach in relation to the profile "Psychology of education", the direction "Psychological and pedagogical education". The research methodology is provided by the generalization of theoretical sources on the research problem, various approaches to understanding and studying the "soft skills" of students are considered. The method of expert assessment of indicators of flexible communication skills in students of the psychological and pedagogical direction is applied, as a result of which the specifics of the formation of flexible communication skills in the period of professionalization in specialists of this profile are determined. As a result of this study, soft skills are defined as a set of non-specialized, supra-professional skills that are responsible for successful interaction in any communicative situation, its high efficiency and are cross-cutting, that is, not related to the specifics of professional activity. The characteristics of flexible communication skills for teachers-psychologists are formulated, which are not only universal, but also specially professional competencies for specialists who provide psychological support to all participants of the educational process.