ФОРМУВАННЯ КРЕАТИВНОЇ КОМПЕТЕНТНОСТІ У ПРОЦЕСІ ПРОФЕСІЙНОЇ ПІДГОТОВКИ СТУДЕНТІВ

The article is devoted to the  research  of the conditions for the formation of 
creative competence in the process of professional training of students of higher 
educational institutions.
Attention is drawn to the fact that the task of higher educational institutions is 
not only to increase the level of professional competence of graduates, but also in the 
formation of a creative, mobile, socially sustainable personality, who is capable to 
adapt to the new conditions of modern life, ready for  to self-extracting knowledge
and self-development, to the effective application of this knowledge in educational 
and professional activities.
Thereby, the question arises about the introduction of creativity in the list of 
leading competencies in the process of training future specialist.
Creativity as a  holistic,  integrative  personality trait, connected with the 
motivation, emotions, competence, creative thinking is considered. The article defines 
definition of creative competence, indicators of creativity and features of the 
structure of the creative personality are characterized.
Also, an attention is focused on the fact that the basic condition of forming 
creative competence  in professional  training  is the use in the  educational  process  an 
innovative teaching method aimed on forming students' abilities to self -understanding 
the meaning of professionally meaningful information. The  realization  of these 
methods should take place in the framework of educational models  which have 
creative in nature  and provide quality improvement  of higher education in general is 
emphasized in the article.