ІННОВАЦІЙНІ МЕТОДИ Й ТЕХНОЛОГІЇ У ВИЩІЙ ОСВІТІ УКРАЇНИ: СУЧАСНИЙ АСПЕКТ

Abstract

The integration of Ukraine's higher education system into the European educational space is associated with a variety of challenges and obstacles. It is clear that modern Ukrainian society cannot continue to teach young people according to outdated principles, technologies and methods. Therefore, the issue of educational innovations remains acute and relevant today, especially in the context of Ukraine's European integration processes. The aim of the article is to study the important issue of application of modern innovative methods and technologies in higher education of Ukraine, as well as to determine the benefits of their active introduction in higher education and the challenges for university teachers in the context of forming a new pedagogical paradigm and state policy in higher education. The author determines the essence of innovation in the higher education system as changes within the system, ideas, and processes, and tools, and results, taken in the unity of qualitative improvement of the pedagogical system. Also the author defines innovations in the field of pedagogy as a purposeful progressive change that introduces stable elements (innovations) into the educational environment that improve the characteristics of both its individual components and the educational system as a whole. The author is convinced that pedagogical innovative changes of different nature and scale occur at different levels and in the following areas of the higher education system: review and update specialties and specializations; formation of new educational-professional and educational-scientific programs and their constant updating; formation of new curricula; development and implementation of new learning technologies, in particular distance learning through the introduction of distance learning platforms and services; changes in the activities and images of both teachers and students, changes in relations between them, the creation and development of innovative creative groups. Thus, it can be noted that the basis of innovative technologies and methods of teaching higher education are active methods that help to form a creative and innovative approach to understanding professional activities. And it also develops independence of thinking, the ability to make optimal decisions in different situations.