The concept of «Internet science» as an innovative scientific and educational paradigm that significantly influences the procedure for preparing master's and candidate's theses

Abstract

Scientific problem: the contradiction between the gigantic rates of quantitative growth and progressive qualitative development of the Internet space, on the one hand, and, on the other, clearly insufficient attempts to include this space in the field of modern traditional science and the sphere of education (including specialized ones). The relevance of the study lies in the need for a much more complete and deep, that is, systematic coordination of the modern scientific and educational (including specialized physical education and sports) sphere with the capabilities of the steadily expanding and progressing Internet space. The purpose of the study is to construct the concept of «Internet science» as an innovative scientific paradigm that ensures the systematic inclusion of the Internet in the modern scientific and educational (including specialized physical education and sports) sphere, as well as to consider and justify aspects of the influence of this paradigm on the traditional mechanism for preparing master’s degrees and master's theses. The methodology and organization of the study imply the use of the method of scientific interpretation as an operation of comparison and comparison of arguments-positions historical and theoretical analysis and results of concrete empirical research. Research results and conclusions: the practice of applying the four-stage model of an innovative mechanism for preparing scientific and qualifying works, developed on the basis of the innovative concept of «Internet Science», briefly described and justified in this article, proves that compared to traditional models, this model has the following advantages: 1. The one-sidedness of the forms of historical-theoretical, logical-linguistic analysis and purely empirical research is eliminated. 2. The hypothetico-deductive model of scientific theory and program, put in place of descriptive theory and descriptive program of scientific research, allows us to eliminate all the disadvantages listed below: • lack of evidence of logical correctness; • the fundamental impossibility of obtaining reliable knowledge, even of calculating the degree of probability of the truth of new knowledge; • absence or extremely limited and fundamentally insufficient degree of practical verification of conclusions and recommendations.