Abstract

 Scientists and educators are constantly looking for effective technologies that develop personal and professional competences. One of the popular methods in the world teaching practice is the case study method, aimed at practice-oriented training of specialists and formation of professional competences. Unlike traditional teaching, the case study method focuses on discussion, interaction in the process of finding a solution to the posed problem.

This article examines the origins of this method, the definition of the method given by foreign and Kazakh authors, features, and also reveals the role of the case study in the formation of professional competences of future teachers. The author organized a research work at the L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, which consists of conducting lessons using the case study method for the second year students of the specialty “Foreign language: two foreign languages” in the discipline “Pedagogical psychology”. The lessons received good feedback from the students. With the help of empirical methods, it was revealed that the case study method is effective in training future teachers, by increasing the activity of students in the educational process. As a result of the research work, the author tested the designed cases, established the interest of students in using the case study method in the classroom, revealed the productivity of this method, as well as the level of formation of professional competences.