НОВА ПАРАДИГМА РОЗВИТКУ ПРОФЕСІЙНОЇ ОСВІТИ В КРАЇНАХ ЕВРОПЕЙСЬКОГО СОЮЗУ

Abstract

The basic concepts and legal principles of the formation and implementation of a new paradigm of the educational policy of the European Union are presented. It outlines strategic guidelines for the development and modernization of vocational education due to the main challenges of modern civilization. The principles of implementation are defined and the directions of development of continuous vocational education are characterized. The purpose of the paper is to identify and substantiate system-wide trends in the development of vocational education in the European Union in the context of the implementation of the lifelong education strategy. The article shows the specifics of the organization of continuous education in European countries that are currently leaders in this field and the problems that arise in the way of the implementation of the lifelong education strategy. Determination of mechanisms for regulating continuous education and substantiation of laws that determine the current processes of development of continuous vocational education within the framework of European integration. Methodology of the study is based on the use of a set of methods determined by the peculiarity of the research problem: analysis of domestic and foreign scientific literature, synthesis, systematization, generalization, abstraction, and the interpretative-analytical method, which are used to carry out a theoretical analysis of the source base. Research results. The study determined that the new paradigm of education involves the unification of all sectors of education, industry and economy. The key invariant characteristics of the education system in the European Union countries, on the basis of which it is possible to build a new paradigm of uncertain vocational education are: state responsibility for vocational education, combination of training in classrooms and industrial training and centralized quality control of training through national state standards of vocational training. Practical implications. The use of pedagogical and educational innovations developed in the EU countries for the modernization of continuous vocational education in Ukraine. The ability to develop strategies, forms and content of international cooperation and the development of international projects. Value/originality. The evolutionary nature of changes in the composition and changes in the educational paradigm in the development of vocational education in the EU countries is revealed. Mechanisms have been identified that ensure continuity of development of national vocational education systems and preservation of their cultural uniqueness.