Nataliya V. Tretyakova, Anton I. Lyzhin, Elena V. Chubarkova, Marina N. Lukiyanova
The purpose of the study is to develop a model for optimizing the practical component of the educational process from the perspective of developing entrepreneurial competences. The research methods include analysis, inductive and deductive approach, comparative and systematic approach, methods of generalizing pedagogical experience regarding the organization of entrepreneurial education and approaches to the development of entrepreneurial competences. Within the framework of the study, a comparative analysis of the entrepreneurial education system in Russia and foreign countries was carried out; the shortcomings of the educational process organization in the context of the entrepreneurial competence development were identified; a model for optimizing the practical component of the educational process from the perspective of developing entrepreneurial competences was developed. The practical relevance of the research is an attempt to develop a model for optimizing entrepreneurial education in former command economies. Changes in the education system can contribute to the solution of socio-economic problems: employment of graduates, mismatch between education and labor market requirements, as well as insufficient development of dual education. The materials and results of the study can be used to optimize educational curricula, normative and legal regulation in the sphere of science and education, as well as to develop standards for entrepreneurial education in Russia.