INTEGRATION OF EDUCATION IN UKRAINE IN THE CONTEXT OF CHALLENGES AND THREATS (US experience)

Abstract

The article is devoted to the improvement of one of the most important spheres of human activity - education, the functioning of which is aimed at the development of a person, a carrier of knowledge, personality, individuality and the main factor in the further development of any country. It is noted that education plays an increasingly important role in ensuring the socio-economic development of the country, in particular in the conditions of globalization, when competition, competitiveness, rivalry of nations, countries, and states acquires a global, global character, covering all spheres of life. A number of problems, which are currently the most acute, are highlighted. Among these problems, the following stand out: inconsistency of the current legislation of the country with the goals of intensive development of the educational sphere; inconsistency of resource provision in the field of education with the task of socio-economic development of the country; inadequacy of the professional education system to the needs of the labor market; the lack of proper development of the system of continuous professional education, which holds back the technical and technological renewal of the economy and does not allow effective modernization of the educational sphere; the lack of a full-fledged relationship between professional education, research and practical activities, which increases the inconsistency of the content of education and educational technologies with modern requirements; a significant gap in the educational training of children whose families belong to different social groups, which lays the groundwork for deepening social differentiation in the future; lack of requirements for the functioning of independent forms of assessment of the quality of education, as well as mechanisms for determining and distributing the best examples of innovative educational activity; insufficient development of independent mechanisms for the involvement of public and professional organizations in the successful resolution of issues related to the formation of the development of an educational strategy. It is emphasized that in order to overcome these problems, an important role is assigned to the use of the experience of other countries, in particular the United States of America. An important characteristic of education in this country is the constant improvement of methods and forms of educational activity. Considerable attention is paid to the issue of improving the quality of education, including by accelerating integration processes.