POSSIBLE SCENARIOS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF MASTER’S DEGREE PROGRAMMES IN TERMS OF THE EDUCATION QUALITY ASSESSMENT

Abstract

Specialists capable of complex multidimensional assessment are in demand in the education system. The authors of the paper explore the potential of Master’s degree programmes in terms of the education quality assessment. The research methods are: deduction and comparative logical analysis. The paper presents the empirical data on the current state of the designated profile of Master’s programmes in the context of their content specifics and goal-setting. The sample consisted of 12 Master’s degree programmes from 10 universities of the Russian Federation. The costs of the target components of Master’s degree programmes in the field of quality assessment are identified; the ways of updating the target components are indicated taking into account professional standards. The intersections in the disciplines of “pedagogical” and “non-pedagogical” Master’s programmes in terms of quality assessment are identified and interpreted. Arguments are put forward for adjusting the content of programmes taking into account the labour functions established by professional standards in the field of education. Three scenarios for the development of Master’s degree programmes in terms of quality assessment are proposed in the interests of general education: the scenario of the applied Master’s degree, the scenario of the academic Master’s degree, and the scenario of convergence.