FORMATION OF DIGITAL COMPETENCE OF FUTURE TEACHERS IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

The rapid development of society in recent years has forced higher education institutions to change the requirements for the training of future teachers. Digital technologies continue to be a challenge to the education system and are key to training future teachers in higher education.One of the main components of the professional competence of future teachers is digital competence. The formation and evolution of this type of competence relate to the tasks of each discipline studied in the curriculum of higher education institutions. The article identifies the main factors in the formation of digital competence of future teachers. Different approaches to the definition of digital competence of future professionals, the terminology used in the modern scientific literature to define the concept of digital competence are identified. One of the tasks of higher education is to achieve the level of awareness, the formation of a digital environment of information activity space, which ensures the implementation of educational programs, education of information culture and literacy in future teachers. The integration and globalization of social, economic and cultural processes taking place in the world, the prospects for the development of the Ukrainian state for the next two decades require a deep renewal of the education system and determine the advanced nature. Digital competence, which provides the formation of professional competence, is one of the main components of the model of a graduate of a pedagogical university. Keywords: digital competence; digital literacy; future teachers; information; information culture; information educational online environment; professional growth; applicants for higher education.