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The goal of the research is to analyze the category of activity. The research reveals that the socio-historical dimension of activity is studied from various scientific positions. The authors indicate that the philosophical research of activity was conducted beginning from the period of antique philosophy, more precisely, beginning from Aristotle's studies. However, the true scientific solution of the activity problem became possible only on the basis of the materialistic understanding of history. It is shown that the activity approach presupposes studying the human world as an activity world in the unity of all aspects of its development and realization. The authors consider the activity category in the perspective of the educational theory and practice. Within its framework they formulate an integral characteristic, competence, which is adequate to modern realities. The paper describes the specific competences corresponding to each type of activity, each competence being characterized by the set of the corresponding personal and job competences.