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Abstract: The authors define the concept “independent work of students” on the basis of the analysis of different approaches and views on this concept. It is defined as the process of gradual transition of a student from managed to self-managed model of study that implies formation of such competencies as self-education, self-management and self-organization. It is characterized by the stable inner motivation to the study, individual self-educational route, value-oriented context, activation of the subjective choice of educational trajectory, productive search for information by a student and independence in decision making. The authors believe that independent work performs the functions of evaluation criterion of the educational process and makes the basis for professional competences formation providing their research potential. This point of view is supported by the experience of pedagogical work, which proved gaming technologies, sociological survey carried out by the students, approbation of the research projects and independent set of tasks and goals of practice to be the most effective. There was a student survey to find out the existing view of independent work. It was conducted among the students of the Faculty of Sociology. Their responses on the essence of the concept “independent work of students” allows to define it precisely and make a conclusion that its basis is subject-subject relations of the participants of educational process. The essence of innovative education is "not to catch up with the past but to create the future."