Modern graduates of physical specialties are required not only to possess a certain amount of knowledge, but also to be able to apply this knowledge to solve practical problems, as well as independently acquire the knowledge required for their professional activities. During the implementation of projects, students have the opportunity to solve practical professional problems. The use of the project method in teaching students of physical specialties, in our opinion, allows to increase the degree of interest of students in acquiring new knowledge. In the process of implementing projects, students gain skills of teamwork on the project, they develop systematic and analytical thinking. In addition, the implementation of the project allows students to acquire the skills to independently formulate a project implementation plan and search for information necessary to solve the problem.

The use of business games in the educational process is one of the highly effective forms used for active learning. During the business games, the professional competencies of the participants are improved by solving practical problems. The working conditions of modern transport technology engineers provide for the adoption of management decisions in a short time with minimal time to think about the situation. Therefore, their actions should be brought to the level of automatism. Within the framework of the business game, it becomes possible to consider various alternative solutions to practical professional problems. And this, in turn, creates prerequisites for the formation of various professional competencies among trainees The use of a competence-based approach in the process of training engineers for the transport industry makes it possible to prepare specialists capable of independent professional improvement and able to apply in practical professional activity the knowledge, skills and abilities acquired in the course of training. The need for psychological and social competence among engineers of the transport industry is predetermined by the great influence of the human factor in the transport industry.

The article considers the semantic characteristics of one of the key cultural competencies for school education, which is determined by the awareness and self-expression of students in the field of culture. The relevance of the study is determined by the use for the formation of cultural competence of students in the lessons of labor training means of acting (facial expressions, gestures, plastics, speech) as analogues of pedagogical influences on the individual. The aim of the article was to substantiate the essence, content and structure of the conceptual construct of forming the cultural competence of students by means of theatrical pedagogy. The application of theoretical research methods (analysis, classification, generalization) helped to clarify the content of its components. The concept of formation is considered as a socio-phenomenological process and the result of irreversible, directed, natural changes in personal neoplasms of students, which are guided by the influence of educational space and personal activity, determine its consciousness, education, culture, independence in acquiring knowledge. The traditional for domestic personology cultural-historical approach is defined as leading in the description of the person, his motivational and cognitive spheres, which determine the active, active participation in social interaction throughout his life. It is proved that the readiness for successful life is ensured by the formation of social, labor, psychological and psychophysiological qualities as components of cultural competence. The basis of personal development in educational activities is its cultural experience, synthesis of value orientations, which is formed in interpersonal interaction, including the means of acting techniques of emotional and psychological influence (expressiveness, flexibility, intonation, reflection of internal states, transmission of ideas, suggestion ). As a result of analysis of psychological and pedagogical theories and views on the content of key research concepts, the formation of cultural competence of students by means of theatrical pedagogy in the process of labor education is defined as a process and result of quantitative and qualitative changes in the student’s personality. and the formation of skills of emotional and psychological influence by means of acting, which are manifested in creative activity and stimulated by positive figurative feelings.

The article analyzes Viktor Konstiantynovych Sydorenko’s life and scientific path. The authors have identified four stages of his life as a Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Full Professor, Corresponding Member of the Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine: 1) the primary stage – 1951-1968; 2) the stage of scientific research – 1968-1977; 3) the stage of pedagogical formation – 1977-1997; 4) the stage of active scientific activity – 1997-2013. Every stage of his life is briefly described, the scientists’ scientific views, the results of his scientific research, opinions about the place of drawing in the curriculum are singled out and emphasized; the scientist’s concern about the removal of drawings from the curriculum and the lack of students’ basics of graphic literacy, which are necessary for further technical engineering and computer graphics. The scientist’s views on updating the content of labor training, the inconsistency of the subject title with the world’s needs are analyzed and concretized, and a modern teacher’s main qualities are determined. Moreover, in the course of the research, it has been revealed that among the main tasks that should be included in the content of future labor education (technology) teacher training in higher pedagogical educational institutions, there is students’ readiness to develop technical concepts, gain practical skills, technical and technological knowledge and creative attitude to work. The problems on which the scientist worked are outlined and systematized; V. Sydorenko’s scientific heritage is analyzed and further directions of research on this issue are determined, which are the following: the systematization of scientific works, analysis of achievements and issues of the scientific school of contradictions research, which cause the emergence of new requirements for teacher training and technologies.

The article considers the organization of pupils’ extracurricular activities in labor education to substantiate its structural components, which make up a holistic system of extracurricular work organization. The main structural components of extracurricular activities in labor education organization methodology are analyzed. They are the following: aim, objectives, functions, content, forms, methods, and means of implementation. It is proved that the aim of extracurricular activities in labor education is the initial component of its organization methodology, which determines pupils’ knowledge, skills, personal qualities (character traits), and mental, sensory, and motor qualities. General and specific objectives are the means of achieving the goal. The content component of pupils’ extracurricular activities in labor education is determined by the Standard educational program, school curriculum and curricula of labor education, subject, and interdisciplinary groups, electives, labor and creative associations of pupils. Organizational features of extracurricular activities in labor education structure are due to the number of pupils (mass, group, individual forms), and the time of its implementation (regular and periodic classes). To the organization methods of extracurricular activities labor education, we have selected the following teaching methods: upbringing and stimulation of pupils’ cognitive activity and independence. Organization means of pupils’ extracurricular activities in labor education are defined. They are the following: didactic (posters, technical documentation, presentations, samples, models, models of objects and processes to be studied), technical, means of material and technical support of work (simulators, ICT means, multimedia, television); means of material and technical support of pupils’ work (tools, devices, technological and auxiliary equipment, materials for laboratory and practical work in extracurricular activities).