Formation of Professional Competence of Future Teachers of Natural Sciences in the Conditions of Digitalization of the Educational Process

The article examines the process of forming the professional competence of future teachers of natural sciences in the conditions of digitalization, which is an important element of ensuring a high-quality educational process in institutions of higher education.The interpretation of the concept of "competence" has been improved and analyzed, and the main characteristics of the competence approach have been investigated.It has been established that the competence approach is the orientation of the educational process to achieve integral learning results, which are general (basic, key) and special (subject) competencies of those who study.General (basic, key) competencies ensure continuity and consistency of learning throughout a person's life, they are gradually deepened and enriched depending on the level of education.In higher education and professional training, in addition to general (basic, key), professional (related to specialty) and professional (related to specialization) competencies are distinguished.It is specified that digitization is the transfer of information into digital form.Globalization and digitization processes are taking place in Ukraine.This does not bypass education.The use of digital technologies allows to achieve freedom of creativity of participants in the pedagogical process.It was determined that research competence is an integrative quality of a person, which consists of knowledge, abilities, skills, experience of the researcher, valuable attitudes and personal qualities and is manifested in the readiness and ability to carry out research activities to obtain new knowledge by applying methods of scientific knowledge, creative approach in setting goals, planning, decision-making, analysis and evaluation of the results of research activities.The basis of research competence is the ability to identify