INFORMATION SOCIETY AND PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION

Abstract

The review article analyzes the features of the information society as a new stage in the evolution of the social system based on trends in the increasing role of information and knowledge, socio-economic and spiritual, cultural reality with the dominance of information and communication technologies operating globally. The conclusion is made about the strategic role of informatization as a leading factor in the modernization of education and science. Mankind’s transition to a social system based on the production of knowledge is associated with a sharp increase in the importance and accessibility of education, which leads to qualitative changes in the social structure. It puts forward new requirements for the education system, changing the paradigm of pedagogical science, the content and mechanisms of education, the center of which is the individual. The informatization of the educational process makes it possible to make the training of young people as close as possible to the realities of life in a global information society. It will contribute to more efficient use of information, energy, and labor resources to improve the quality of training.
 However, psychological and pedagogical science has laid only the foundation so far, the conceptual and methodological basis for the study of information resources and processes occurring within the educational system, the development, and implementation of effective computer-oriented educational technologies. In our opinion, the development and application of a holistic scientific apparatus will make it possible to identify the essential characteristics of the informatization process, the conditions of its course, ways of optimization, as well as to develop the tools for information flow monitoring in education. Informatization should be considered as a process of creating a unified information educational space ensuring the availability and efficiency of use, integration, and unification of the resources of the information and educational environment for all the institutions of the education system.