Abstract
The article discusses the issues of forming a study program in the context of the process’ compliance with the recommendations provided by Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area (ESG), which are relevant for Ukrainian higher education. The study achieved its goal: the main prerequisites for the formation of the study program (SP) were analyzed, its structural and semantic parameters were determined, and a step-by-step model of concluding a quality study program in accordance with the ESG guidelines was suggested. The search for the materials on which the study was based was conducted using the following databases: scientometric (Scopus, Web of Science), the information system (online platform) of the National Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (NAQA), and the “Legislation of Ukraine” database. Quantitative methods included an online questionnaire, qualitative methods included system analysis, and other comparative method were used. Due to the contradictions between the interpretations of the concepts at the level of legislation and internal regulations, a definition of the “formation of the study program” concept is suggested. The components of the SP formation process, the resources required for the formation of the quality SP, and an analysis of positive and negative practices from the NAQA accreditation procedure experience, based on which the optimal model of the SP as a dynamic system based on ESG guidelines was developed, which has a functional character and is based on theoretical generalization of the latest approaches and real cases of Ukrainian HEIs, were discussed.
Highlights
IntroductionSignificant changes in other areas of human life: social, economic, media, etc., lead to a constant review of the role and place of higher education in social processes, and to other approaches to ensuring its quality, which, in turn, require technology and improvement mechanisms, including the qualitative formation of the study program (SP)
The materials of the accreditation examinations revealed a certain pattern—the formation of the highest quality study programs in the different higher education institution (HEI) were developed in accordance with and effectively applied the internal rules of design and approval for all of the necessary documents for the implementation of the SP
An analysis of scientific and methodological achievements of Ukrainian and foreign authors showed that the problem of forming a study program attracts a large number of researchers, but their work mainly concerns individual aspects or generalizations of experience in study programs in certain fields or specialties
Summary
Significant changes in other areas of human life: social, economic, media, etc., lead to a constant review of the role and place of higher education in social processes, and to other approaches to ensuring its quality, which, in turn, require technology and improvement mechanisms, including the qualitative formation of the study program (SP). A milestone for the development of common approaches to higher education reforms in Europe was the development of Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area (ESG), the key objective of which is to contribute to the common understanding of quality assurance for learning and teaching across borders and among all stakeholders [3] This document contains guidelines for the formation of the SP (standard 1.2) [3] (pp. 11–12)
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