МЕТОДОЛОГИЧЕСКИЕ ПРЕДПОСЫЛКИ И СУЩНОСТНЫЕ ХАРАКТЕРИСТИКИ СОДЕРЖАНИЯ ПОНЯТИЯ «ОБЩЕКУЛЬТУРНАЯ КОМПЕТЕНТНОСТЬ»

The article “The methodologikal background and the essential characteristics of the concept «general cultural competence» deals with methodological basing of the notional content of personality´s general cultural competence in the author`s interpretation. The author reveals the notional content according to the following: personal knowledge, productive types of activity, potential possibilities, orientations in valuables and implications, operational-actional component. Methodological orientations in the building of notional content of a person`s general cultural competence are determined in connection with the theory of knowledge by Polani, the principles of systematic point of view, humanitarian paradigm, the idea of education, directed to personality. Methodological guidelines highlighted by the author to determine the content of the concept "general personal competence" help to develop a reliable strategy of pedagogical action and to work out on its basis advisable psychological and pedagogical mechanisms and criteria in research activities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]