Developing professional competencies of students of the faculty of physical education and sports

Relevance of the study is justified by the specifics of training senior students in the field 44.03.01 “Pedagogical Education” with a specialization in “Physical Culture”, which is related in our research to the amount of contact work and the features of professional training, as well as students’ personal experience. It has been proven that studying the characteristics of professional competence formation in students will enable the development of professional competence, as well as further optimization of the process of its formation. The features of the formation of professional competence (PC-1) among senior students in the field 44.03.01 “Pedagogical Education”, specialization “Physical Culture”, have been identified. The pedagogical concept of “professional competence of a physical education teacher” has been specified using PC-1 as an example, and its qualitative characteristics have been defined; diagnostics of the formation of professional competence PC-1 among future physical education teachers have been carried out; features of its development among students studying full-time have been revealed.