Education at a distance: retrospective analysis of dissertations on the topic "Distance education"

Abstract

The article carries out a bibliometric study of the dissertations of Ukrainian scientists with the aim of publicizing the state of development of pedagogical science in Ukraine. A retrospective analysis of dissertations defended on the topic "Distance education" or education at a distance was carried out. The study provides statistical data on dissertations defended by domestic scientists-pedagogues on the specified topic in terms of specialties of the Attestation Board of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (AC of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine), Chapter "Pedagogy", academic degrees and dissertation activity of dissertation organizations on the survey of the investigated topic. It was established that the geography of higher education institutions (HEIs) of the country, which paid attention to the subject of distance education, is quite wide. At the same time, it was found that in recent years, and, above all, in 2019—2021, Ukrainian scientists in their dissertations did not research the topic of distance education, which became precisely the most relevant in these years, including 2022 (introduction of quarantine measures and other uncertain situations on the territory of Ukraine). The recommendations of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine regarding a high-quality and, at the same time, gentle mode of conducting remote educational classes for students of secondary education institutions in order to preserve the health and normal psychological state of children are presented. The list of useful resources for adults and children regarding psychological support, training and information, collected by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, is presented. In connection with the unpredictable destruction of the educational infrastructure by the Russian aggressor and, as a result, the continuation of distance learning, the need for the development of new high-quality recommendation materials and teaching methods to help teachers in order to simplify distance learning. It has been proven that the topic of distance education needs further development and improvement. The research was carried out in the process of working on the scientific auxiliary bibliographic index "Dissertations on Education 1991—2021".