Keyword: «natural science disciplines»

The article discusses teaching methods that facilitate the training of foreigners in technical and natural science disciplines in a foreign language for them. The methods under consideration, with some reservations, are also suitable for teaching these disciplines in their native language.

The study analyzes the issue of the development of general (general professional) competences of university students studying natural science and mathematical disciplines. The relevance of the examined problem is due to the need to develop general competences among modern students, which determine the success of training, the formation of special competences. Especially important is the development of new groups of competences among modern students, the need for which has become apparent in the context of digitalization of society and education. The aim of the study is to identify the conditions for the effective use of active methods and modern teaching technologies, which make it possible to develop general competences among students majoring in natural science and mathematical disciplines. To achieve this goal, a systematic approach was applied, which made it possible to consider a set of conditions for the formation of competences; a structural and functional approach that allows us to choose the conditions for the development of competences in students. The study resulted in the analysis of the characteristics of the competence approach implementation in the modern system of higher education in the context of digitalization of education. The main approaches to the formation of general competences (activity-based approach, system-activity approach), as well as methods used in the implementation of approaches are analyzed. The theoretical significance of the study lies in the systematization of the various authors’ opinions on the development of general competences, and on the role of active methods and modern teaching technologies in this process. The highest priority general competences for students studying natural science and mathematical disciplines have been identified: digital, competences in the design, implementation, acquisition and interpretation of natural science research results. The novelty of the study lies in identifying the conditions for the development of general competences of students majoring in natural science and mathematical disciplines, the conditions for the development of general competences in the field of the use of digital technologies – digital competences. The practical significance of the study lies in the fact that it provides recommendations for developing students' general competences in the study of natural sciences and mathematics, as well as in the use of active learning methods and modern teaching technologies.