To the problem of building the ecosystem of higher pedagogical education

Abstract

Over the past two decades, issues related to ecosystems, their conceptualization and development have gained special attention among researchers. This concept has become another construct in a cohort of interrelated ideas about systems — business models, platforms, networks, hubs, chains — and has created a “white space” around this functional unit, its structure, boundaries, contexts, and applicability. Today, several ecosystems are being developed in Ukraine: entrepreneurial; innovation; ecosystem of learning and testing English; psychological assistance in education; digital solutions in education and science, the last three of which should contribute to the development of a single educational ecosystem. The article attempts to explore the peculiarities of the formation and development of the ecosystem, in particular its structure, including in the field of education in Ukraine, and presents a scientific thesaurus of the problem of developing the ecosystem of higher pedagogical education, represented by such concepts as: “ecosystem approach”, “ecosystem structure”, “ecosystem actors”, “ecosystem constellation”, “ecosystem life cycle”. The article presents a review of studies that consider the problem of ecosystem development from an aspect, in particular, the essence of the ecosystem approach, the basic principles of its implementation; conclusions are drawn about the existence of two concepts of understanding the ecosystem — ecosystem as belonging and ecosystem as structure, their characteristic features and differences are highlighted; recommendations on the architectonics of the ecosystem life cycle are considered. Taken together, this allowed us to draw conclusions about the peculiarities and trends in the development of the ecosystem of higher pedagogical education in Ukraine, its possible structure.