ПЕРЕДУМОВИ ГАРМОНІЗАЦІЇ СИСТЕМИ ВИЩОЇ ОСВІТИ УКРАЇНИ З ОСВІТНІМ ПРОСТОРОМ ЄС В УМОВАХ СТАНОВЛЕННЯ ЕКОНОМІКИ ЗНАНЬ

Abstract

The article deals with the study of the problem of determining the integration of higher education in Ukraine with the institutions of the environment in order to harmonize it with the EU educational space to increase the competitiveness of national education and provide a reliable basis for knowledge economy in Ukraine. The research develops a thesis on the understanding of a modern higher education institution as a center for the acquisition and development of professional knowledge, skills, abilities and competencies, as well as a bearer of national traditions. The necessity of development of domestic education on the basis of results of the comparative analysis of positions in the world rating of Ukraine with Poland on the basis of values of indices of level of education, globalization, competitiveness and knowledge economy is substantiated. The development of globalization of higher education in Ukraine is a strategic task and a need for appropriate scientific, practical and conceptual foundations. Based on the results of the study, emphasis is placed on the strategic role and functions of higher education institutions in the processes of globalization of the educational space. In order to identify ways to gain best practices in providing educational services and improve the quality of knowledge and professional skills of graduates, the prerequisites for the need to integrate the education sector of Ukraine with the European space are analyzed. The state of implementation of strategies of integration of domestic institutions of higher education with institutions of external environment in the directions of their integration is investigated: with institutions of academic science; with foreign partners; with corporate sector entities. A retrospective analysis of the preconditions for the integration of Ukraine's education with the European educational space was conducted and a number of problems that need to be addressed were noted. The obtained results allowed to form the author's vision of the role of education in the formation of the knowledge economy in Ukraine and to determine the directions of its improvement by harmonization with the educational space of the EU.