КОНЦЕПТУАЛЬНІ НАПРЯМИ РОЗВИТКУ ВИЩОЇ ОСВІТИ В УКРАЇНІ У КОНТЕКСТІ ЄВРОПЕЙСЬКОЇ ІНТЕГРАЦІЇ

Abstract

The article reveals the conceptual areas of development of higher education in Ukraine in the context of European integration. The attention is paid to such aspects as creation of equal opportunities in obtaining higher education, updating of the content, forms of organization of educational process, introduction of modern innovations, information technologies, etc. The ways of realization of the aforementioned areas have been determined, for example: transition to stage system of training specialists, formation of the network of institutions of higher education, creation of conditions for lifelong learning, ensuring mobility in the labour market, etc. The emphasis is on the ideas of the Bologna Process in Ukraine, the quality of higher education, the use of innovative approaches in teaching and learning. This is, in particular, dual education, distance education and mixed learning. The XXIst century put forward new demands for higher education, and also provides new opportunities for educational activity. First of all, it is connected with modern information technologies, computer technology used as a means of acquiring computer literacy, as a means of studying subjects, as a way to knowledge and experience of mankind, and as a means of distance learning. The need to legalize the plurality of educational trajectories, variation of methods (case-system, training technology, tutoring, facilitation, moderation) becomes organic. Higher education in the XXIst century is not only the provision of knowledge and education of the individual. Education in the era of globalization and high technologies is a factor in social stability, economic prosperity, competitiveness and national security. The important direction for the development of higher education is the appreciation of the dignity of a teacher, a scientist, an intellectual as one of the requirements of the philosophy of the XXIst century.