Creating pedagogical conditions for formation of students’ research competence

Currently, a wealth of attention revolves around the enhancement of professional competence of graduates of the 21st century, which contribute to a specialists’ comprehensive professional and personal growth. In accordance to the strategy “Kazakhstan 2050”, any university graduate must master an analytical and critical mindset, as well as apply their research knowledge and skills to solve a range of professional issues. In light of the above, universities are dealing with the task of forming a competent and capable specialist who will be able to sort out problematic tasks in the professional environment. To accomplish this goal, it is essential to form and foster students’ research competence through the creation of pedagogical conditions at the university. The article clarified the concept of research competence and also defined its components (motivationalaxiological, cognitive, activity and reflexive-evaluative), which mold a complete picture of research competence. We proposed three main types of work with students such as educational research, scientific-cultural research and scientific research activities, which are aimed at developing research knowledge, skills and abilities. To validate the effectiveness of the implemented pedagogical conditions, we compiled indicators of research competence and selected diagnostic methods such as interviews, tests, questionnaires, project methods, etc.