Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University Research Articles

Educological Principles of Training Experts for the Education System of Ukraine: Achievements and Prospects

RESEARCH OBJECTIVE: The problem of introducing expert examination of education management is relevant and pressing for Ukraine in the context of assessment of education quality at all levels. The purpose of the article is to substantiate the effectiveness of the model of training experts in the field of education on the basis of educology at Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University. THE RESEARCH PROBLEM AND METHODS: When processing the obtained empirical data, statistical methods were used to compare the indicators of the Master’s student survey before and after the course of educology according to Pearson’s criteria, Fisher’s test, and the Mann-Whitney-U test Venn diagram. THE PROCESS OF ARGUMENTATION: Training experts in the field of education is based on the model: 1) mastering the basics of educology and its components; 2) mastering the methodology of the examination and the ethical standards of its implementation; and 3) mastering the specifics of the educational segment which is subject to expert examination. RESEARCH RESULTS: The study confirms the efficiency of the developed model of experts’ training in the field of education. Educology provides the system, purposefulness and effectiveness for such training. CONCLUSIONS, INNOVATIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS: The results of the study provide an opportunity to see the feasibility of the first level of the model, which involves mastering the basics of educology; the second level, which is aimed at mastering the components of the educational program, which reveal the methodology and specifics of expert activities; and the third level, which makes it possible to differentiate the suggested directions of such training, namely: measuring and monitoring the quality of education, education management, educational economics, and educational law

PUBLICATION ACTIVITY OF UKRAINIAN HEI ACADEMIC STAFF: A CASE STUDY

In the Ukrainian education and science systems globalization and European integration processes have raised the issue of visibility for Ukrainian scientists. Having the articles in Scopus and Web of Science indexed journals is becoming of particular significance for scientists' authority rise and universities` prestige. Despite the appropriate state of the educational policy, the publishing activity of the majority of Ukrainian Higher Education Institutions’ academic staff still remains insufficient, and to date, a very few empirical research has been carried out to determine reasons for that. The aim of this study was therefore, to investigate how such factors as corporate culture of Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University, academic career, research and language skills, personal development, financial support etc. contribute to and prevent successful publication activity of University`s academic staff. Two groups of academicians were interviewed. The results showed that it is necessary to create the conditions for the research culture development, develop the research competence, provide systemic monitoring of publication activity, and improve the mechanisms of financial rewards.

Self-assessment of physical development of student youth in the process of formation of individual physical culture

Relevance. In the physical education of students during the formation of individual physical culture is relevant to the issue of self-assessment of physical development, the study of motivation to engage in various types of physical activity among students.
 The purpose of the work is to study the self-assessment of physical development and motivation in physical education among student youth in the process of formation of individual physical culture.
 Methods: analysis and generalization of data of scientific and methodical literature and sources of the Internet; sociological methods; psychological and diagnostic methods; pedagogical methods; methods of statistical data processing. Experimental studies were conducted at Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University. The study involved students of 1-3 grades, 105 people (58 boys and 47 girls).
 Results. In the course of the research, priorities were established in the motives and interests of student youth during physical education classes. The level of physical conditions of students according to the results of motor tests is determined.
 The individual profile of the physical «I» of the individual is determined with the help of the test-questionnaire EM Bochenkova «Self-description of physical development», which is a modified version of the known method of A.M. Parishioners. It is established that at a low level of «self-esteem» students generally rate «coordination of movements», «endurance», «flexibility». With a low self-esteem of «sports abilities» and «physical activity», the studied students rate the «appearance» and consider themselves quite attractive. In general, the level of self-esteem on some scales increases with age («global physical self», «strength», «endurance»).
 In order to form an individual culture of students’ health, it is necessary for the participants of the educational space to master the standards of self-preserving behavior and the culture of a healthy lifestyle to increase healthy activity. It is shown that students with a high level of physical fitness have higher scores on all indicators of the scale and they have a higher overall level of self-esteem. At the same time, students with a low level of physical fitness have an inflated self-esteem in relation to "appearance".

Peculiarities of distance education for future physical education teachers in coronavirus pandemic conditions

The study analyzes the experience of the main participants in the educational process, namely future physical education teachers, gained during the distance education period due to the epidemiological situation in the country. Purpose of the study: to research and substantiate the peculiarities of distance education for future physical education teachers in lockdown restrictions conditions. The achievement of this goal was facilitated by the choice of research methods: analysis and generalization of data from scientific and methodological literature sources and the Internet, questionnaires using google-forms, methods of mathematical statistics.
 The study involved 104 students from two leading high education institutions which educate specialists of physical education (45 students from the Faculty of Health, Physical Education and Sports at Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University and 59 students from the National University of Physical Education and Sports in Ukraine). The survey and further comparison of the obtained results for 17 questions of the Google form allowed to find out the peculiarities that accompanied the process of distance education in each educational establishment, to analyze the strengths and weaknesses of educational work and identify possible directions of development that will strengthen the existing positions and strengthen parties in need of radical change.

Use of digital tools as a component of STEM education ecosystem

The authors investigate the theoretical foundations of the concept of ecosystem, interdisciplinary approaches and features of integrated STEM education in the educational process, analyzed the components of the educational ecosystem and proved that they all directly affect the quality of STEM subjects. The authors conducted a survey to identify ways to develop components of the ecosystem of STEM education, which involved 105 respondents, students of pedagogical specialties of Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University and teachers of secondary schools in different regions of Ukraine. The analysis showed that the successful implementation of STEM education, involving all components of the ecosystem, involves the development of science education, in particular, the introduction of inquiry-based learning and the use of digital technologies in the educational process. Process skills are described, which are formed using inquiry-based learning, examples of tasks for the formation of basic and integrated skills of the scientific process are presented. Based on the research, the role of digital tools in the development of science education is demonstrated and groups of digital tools are identified that are necessary for ecosystem development and will help increase the efficiency of the educational process, make STEM learning interesting and productive; examples of digital resources that support students' learning in various integrated STEM environments are given and their role in the development of the STEM education ecosystem is described. Digital tools can be used to increase students' positive motivation, expand their experience and accelerate learning, they help to study STEM subjects and encourage students to explore scientific ideas in new ways.

SOCIO-PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS OF THE PROBLEM OF INTERNATIONALIZATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION: THE EXPERIENCE OF BORYS GRINCHENKO KYIV UNIVERSITY

The article studies the phenomenon of internationalization of higher education. It turns out that globalization is the background for the development of the internationalization of education. Problems of internationalization of education are analyzed, including the problem of multicultural education, strategies of internationalization of higher education, the problem of intercultural communication. It is emphasized that the phenomena of "encapsulation" and "dissolution" are risks in the way of internationalization of education. It is noted that the student environment is turning into a wide, global space for direct interaction of large masses of representatives of various cultural forms and traditions. The experience of Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University in this direction of scientific and pedagogical activity is studied. The article is based on the program documents of the educational space of the European Union. It is substantiated that the internationalization of higher education contributes to the formation of the "knowledge society". The problems and challenges of the process of internationalization of higher education in Ukrainian society are determined.

Project-based learning in a computer modelling course

The paper reports authors’ experience of implementing educational projects in a computer modelling course offered to the students majoring in “Secondary Education (Computer Science)” at Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University. We analyze approaches to teaching mathematical and computer modelling such as: integration of modelling tasks, naturalistic case study, using of role-playing games, possibilities of STEM-education, motivation and positive attitude to modelling training, etc. Then we illustrate the implementation of the project to study the population dynamics of the grape snail Helix pomatia. The implementation of the project splits into several stages: formulation of the problem, presentation of project tasks, brainstorming, development, testing, presentation of results. The study was conducted at Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University within the Norwegian-Ukrainian Project “Development of students' mathematical competencies through Digital Mathematical Modelling” (DeDiMaMo) in partnership with the University of Agder (Norway) and Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University.

Soft Skills and ICT Tools for Final Qualification Assessment in Universities of Ukraine and India in COVID-19 Framework

The global pandemic and subsequent quarantine measures and restrictions have posed an array of challenges to the structure and procedure of university summative assessment process. Qualification assessment for Foreign Languages major programs is a strict regimen that involves different stages (oral and written exams, final project viva, internal and external review). This study presents a comprehensive analysis of the practices of Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University (Kyiv, Ukraine) and International Business School (Hyderabad, India) digital qualification assessment for students of European (French, Italian, Spanish, English, German) and Asian (Mandarin, Japanese) Languages major programs, employed in the year 2020 due to quarantine measures. The survey and analysis of different ICT tools is used to translate real life qualification assessment practices into online blended format. The investigation identifies various groups of applied digital skills and soft skills, utilized through qualification assessment process by primary subjects (students). The choice of the considered cases of university Final Qualification Assessment for Foreign Languages major programs is informed by the need to estimate similar and divergent socio-cultural parameters of digital literacy development and application in multi-cultural context. Comparison is provided for integral and differential parameters of Final Qualification Assessment in the universities of Ukraine and India under survey.

Promoting Learning-Purpose Communication Cases in Development of FL Specialism Communicative Competencies in EL Teacher Students

The purpose of the study was to identify how promoting learning-purpose communication cases impacts students’ communication competencies, and how this instructional model is perceived by the sampled students. 163 (119 students and 44 lecturers) from the Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University and Drahomanov National Pedagogical University were the participants used in this study. The study integrated quantitative and qualitative methods for data collection. The instruments for the study were: the ESP test, the originally designed baseline study questionnaire, teacher and student-peer observation checklists, the Mental Speed Test, the originally designed self-reflection scale, and focussed group interview. The latter was administered to identify the perception of this instructional model by both students and teachers. The study found that the instructional model positively influences students’ specialism purpose foreign language communicative competencies mainly in spoken production and spoken interaction, information processing speed, and self-reflection abilities. The results of the baseline study survey indicated that both teachers and students associated the concept of communicative competence and focused their efforts on teaching/learning grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation in the ESP course. The results also revealed the feasibility of the instructional model used in the study. The interviewed students’ judgments of the course delivery model were also complimentary, wherein the majority of the respondents appreciated the ESP classes based on promoting learning-purpose communication cases.

SCIENTIFIC AND PROJECT ACTIVITY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLISHING STUDIES OF THE INSTITUTE OF JOURNALISM AT BORYS GRINCHENKO KYIV UNIVERSITY (ALL-UKRAINIAN AND INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS, INTERNSHIPS)

The article examines the history of development of scientific and design areas in the activities of the Department of Publishing of the Institute of Journalism at Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University during 2016–2021. The participation of teachers and students of the department in international academic mobility programmes, as well as in international research projects is analysed. Information on the development and submission of grant applications is collected an structured, in particular with regard to the winning applications. It is examined the history of scientific publications of the teachers at the department, in particular those which were published in publications indexed in the scientometric databases “Scopus” and “Web of Science”. Data on the participation of teachers and students at the department in Ukrainian and international scientific and practical conferences are summarised. Further prospects of scientific and project activity of the department are outlined.

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ACADEMIC INTEGRITY PRINCIPLES AT THE UNIVERSITY: EXPERIENCE OF CONDUCTING EDUCOLOGICAL DEBATES

The article analyzes the experience of introducing academic integrity on the example of an intellectual educational game – a debate at the Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University. Such work has become traditional for the University residents on the basis of the educational circle «Educological Discourse» of the Research Laboratory of Educology and the Pedagogical Institute of the University. The purpose of the scientific article is to present the experience of conducting Educological debates on the introduction of academic integrity and their impact on improving the quality of higher education. The theoretical basis of the «Educological Debate» is the scientific direction of integrated research in the field of education – Educology, which is a synergy of such educational sciences as philosophy of education, history of education, educational policy, educational law, education management, economics of education, sociology of education, cultural education. These educational sciences make up the content of educational training, provide an opportunity to analyze and reveal various aspects of academic integrity. The «Educological debates» have polemical nature. The teams are able to demonstrate the main areas of work during the «Educological Debates». The principles, mechanisms of academic integrity introduction which can improve quality of education are resulted. The role of meetings in the format of an intellectual educational game is emphasized. The game serves as an impetus for awareness and desire to continue working on the creation and search for tools and mechanisms for the academic integrity introduction in the academic space. The conclusions of this work on the importance of informing students about the normative and legal, moral and ethical principles of combating plagiarism, teaching students the rules of ethical behavior in the academic environment are made. It is mentioned about the interactive teaching method of debates, which is effective for the development of both professional and general competencies of students. It helps to increase the level of critical thinking and communication skills.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES IN FORMING PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES OF FUTURE SPECIALISTS

The article highlights the role of project methods in teaching students of the Institute of Journalism at Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University. It is presented and described festivals, clubs and projects organised at the Department of Publishing. The aim and tasks of these events are indicated, the results and findings are analysed, the role and place of festivals, clubs, projects in the educational process are described. It is claimed that professional competencies are formed during the courses studied by students-journalists of the educational programme “Publishing and Editing”. The authors draw conclusions about the possibilities of projects in the development of professional competencies and their importance in achieving programme learning outcomes.

EDUCOLOGYCAL TRAINING IN ENSURING THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION AT THE UNIVERSITY

The article is devoted to the analysis of the content of educologycal training in the educational programs «Preschool Education», «Primary Education», «Management of Educational Institutions» full-time and part-time at Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University, which involves studying the interdisciplinary course «Educology». The article emphasizes the contribution of educology as a scientific phenomenon in ensuring the quality of university education due to its integrated and interdisciplinary nature. A significant difference between the object of study of education and other humanities is that educology is a kind of educational synergy for the study of education, which generates a systematic set of educational sciences such as philosophy of education, history of education, educational policy, educational law, education management, economics of education, sociology of education, culturology of education. The authors analyzed the effectiveness of teaching the discipline «Educology» on the basis of a survey of undergraduates of the university, in which special attention was paid to the development of critical thinking; awareness of patterns, trends, sources of education and educational systems; application of a synergetic approach in education management; formation of the ability to find means of solving current problems in the field of education; understanding of education as a specific sector of the economy, mechanisms of competitiveness of educational institutions, understanding of education as a social institution, the role of legal aspects in the development of education, etc. It is proved that the study of the course «Educology» will contribute to the development of future professionals in the field of education skills to systematically solve the multifaceted problem of ensuring the quality of education at the university; consider prospects and forecast changes to improve it.

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY SCIENCE AND INFORMOLOGY OF THE INSTITUTE OF JOURNALISM AT BORYS GRINCHENKO KYIV UNIVERSITY

The article examines the main milestones in the development of international activities of the Department of Library Science and Informmology of the Institute of Journalism at Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University in 2016–2021. The participation of teachers and students of the department in international academic mobility programmes, as well as in international research projects is analysed. Indicators for the development and submission of grant applications are demonstrated, in particular with regard to the winning applications. The scientific publications of the teachers of the department, which were published in the publications indexed in the scientometric databases “Scopus” and “Web of Science”, are analysed. Generalised data on the participation of teachers and students of the department in Ukrainian and international scientific conferences are presented.

PERSONALIZED TRAJECTORIES OF UNIVERSITY TEACHERS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN DIGITAL SPHERE

The article is dedicated to the question of teachers’ postgraduate education system design for digital competence development. The need in the design of the above-mentioned system is justified and the adaptive system for teachers’ postgraduate education in digital sphere at Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University is described that provides the possibility of personalized trajectories of teachers’ professional development formation. According to the requirements of the educational institution the adaptiveness of the system is implemented in two directions: considering timing of testing and mini-courses completion; considering personal needs of a teacher according to their knowledge level, professional field and defined goals. The model of the system is developed that is designed based on self-assessment, self-education and micro-learning principles. The adaptive system is implemented in the e-learning system with the help of the following structural elements - the diagnostic test and the sets of mini-courses with topic-based organization that allow to implement personalized trajectories of teachers’ education. The utilized approaches to the diagnostic test formation are specified including ensuring its integration, variability and validity as well as the principle of its utilization to define teachers’ level of digital competence according to the developed Corporate standard of digital competence. Using the example of the compulsory level of digital competence Analyst-Researcher (A) the utilization of the sets of mini-courses is shown for all levels of digital competence - Integrator (B1), Expert (B2), Leader (C1) and Innovator (C2). The system allows a teacher to track in their personal cabinet their progress and define their own professional development trajectory and with the help of embedded business analytics tools utilization to get a visualized coherent picture of professional digital activities results. The role of the adaptive system in the organization of teachers’ postgraduate education and the future perspectives of the system implementation results utilization are outlined.

RESEARCH WORK OF THE LECTURERS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF ADVERTISING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS OF THE INSTITUTE OF JOURNALISM AT BORYS GRINCHENKO KYIV UNIVERSITY DURING FIVE YEARS

The article analyses the research activities of the Department of Advertising and Public Relations of the Institute of Journalism at Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University in the period from 2017 to 2021. Academic researchers are not just included to the activities of modern universities, but are prioritised, because this kind of activity significantly affects the position of university in prestigious rankings, whereas ratings are among of the arguments in favor of the entrant’s decision to choose a university for further study. During the period from 2017 to 2021, the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and similar government agencies in the United States and the EU, as well as many grant-making organisations in the field of education, declared the need to develop research activities of universities. It has become the responsibility of most Ukrainian lecturers to publish articles indexed in the Scopus and Web of Science scientometric databases. Research activities are particularly difficult for practitioners who are involved in teaching due to their experience in the business sector of national economy. According to the strategy of student-centered and practice-oriented learning, many such specialists had been involved in the activity of the Department of Advertising and Public Relations at the Institute of Journalism. Advertising and public relations are mostly applied areas, not traditional academic disciplines, unlike many other specialisations of academic departments in Ukrainian universities. Meanwhile, modern entrants show more interest in applied areas of social sciences than in theoretical issues. Therefore, the analysis of the research work of the Department of Advertising and Public Relations may be of particular interest to teachers and administrators working in higher education institutions. The main objectives and results of research work of the department are systematised on the basis of academic research papers, mass media publications of this department lecturers, as well as with the help of several special interviews with employees of the Institute of Journalism. The main achievements of key figures in research activities of this department are highlighted in the context of the common scientific theme of the institute: “Modern Media Studies in Educational and Scientific Discourses” and the individual research interests of the lecturers. The article provides an overview of the most important academic publications of them. A considerable attention is paid to the analysis of achievements and theoretical issues of academic research cooperation between teachers and students. The article emphasises the need to unite the efforts not only of the vast majority of Ukrainian academic researchers and educators, but also of the majority of Ukrainian society, as well as its truly pro-Ukrainian foreign partners, to reform the system of administration of research work and high education in Ukraine

Improving the training of media professionals as a complex system

This article analyzes the training of media professionals as a complex system. Structural components that provide effective functioning of this system have been identified. The features of monitoring of the learning process, its results analysis and timely correction of emergent properties are revealed. The article also argues the necessity for a multivector, practically-oriented organization of training future specialists in the industry. Particular attention is paid to the importance of innovation in the higher education’s learning process. The complex system of organizing the training of media professionals in the «Advertising and Public Relations» major is considered based on the example of the successful case study of Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University.

READINESS FOR LEADERSHIP AS A FACTOR IN STUDENTS’ STRESS RESISTANCE

The article reflects the actual problem of the influence of readiness for leadership on students’ stress resistance. The aim of the research is to study the dependence of students’ stress resistance on their readiness for leadership. Scientific consideration of the problem was carried out on the basis of the Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University, which was attended by 234 students. In the process of implementing the research, the content, structure of stress resistance, readiness for leadership of students was determined, psychodiagnostic tools for studying the indicators of these phenomena were selected, the ascertaining stage of the experiment, correlation, regression analysis of the dependence of the level of stress resistance of students on the level of readiness for leadership was carried out. Stress resistance of students is presented as the ability to overcome the influence of external stressors with the help of potential expenditures. Among the criteria of students’ stress resistance, the following are highlighted: cognitive, motivational, emotional, activity. Students’ readiness for leadership is characterized as a state of mobilization of leadership potential, which ensures the effective implementation of certain actions, the presence of needs, motives, the level of taking responsibility for their actions. The readiness for leadership of students consists of the following criteria: executive, evaluative, target, personal. As a result of the experiment, it was found that stress resistance and readiness for leadership have insufficient levels of development, since more than half of the participants have an average level of development of the presented phenomena. It was also found that there is a direct relationship between the level of students’ stress resistance and their readiness for leadership. Students with a developed readiness for leadership have a high level of stress resistance. The results obtained can help in the implementation of the educational process of higher educational institutions in order to increase the level of stress resistance of young people.

PREPARATION OF FUTURE TEACHERS FOR DIGITALIZATION IN EARLY LEARNING OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES

The education system must respond to changes in society, its demands and needs of students at all levels, so the mission of modern pedagogical institutions of higher education is to train teachers ready and able to accept such challenges. The article presents the experience of the Department of Foreign Languages at the Pedagogical Institute of Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University in training students majoring in 012 "Preschool Education" and 013 "Primary Education" and methods of teaching them to implement digital tools in the process of forming foreign language communicative competence of 3-10 year-old children at preschool institutions and the New Ukrainian School. It should be noted that this work took place within the research on the scientific topic: "Strategy of foreign language teacher training in the context of European integration." The basis of the study is the understanding of the specifics of language as a means of communication, and therefore the emergence of new digital ways and tools of communication, their widespread penetration into various spheres of life naturally requires their use for educational purposes. In addition, the normative documents of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine recognize information and digital competence as a component of professional competence of a teacher of any subject, which also requires modernization of components of teacher training in early foreign language learning. In the process of research we relied on the levels of digital competence of teachers defined in DigCompEdu and aimed to prepare future teachers of early foreign language teaching for the practical application of digital tools and instruments taking into account Generation Theory, Alpha children, current foreign language programs in modern conditions of educational institutions in Ukraine. In the process of research in the curriculum of disciplines "Modern technologies of teaching preschool children a foreign language" (specialty "Preschool education") and "Modern technologies of foreign language teaching in primary school" (specialty "Primary education") content modules "Organizational and pedagogical conditions of application of modern technologies of teaching foreign languages (FL) to preschool (PS) children / FL in PS”, “Digital technologies of teaching FL to preschool children / FL in PS”, “Media-based learning in early foreign language learning in PS / in primary school”,“ Technologies of blended learning of foreign languages in primary school” are introduced, within which theoretical, practical and methodical work takes place, the purpose of which is the formation of digital competence of future teachers.

PRINCIPAL’S ATTITUDE TO THE EXPANSION OF THE AUTONOMY OF THE INSTITUTION OF GENERAL SECONDARY EDUCATION: THE RESULTS OF ANALYTICAL RESEARCH

The authors of the article analyze the results of a survey of school principals conducted in December 2020 in Kyiv. The Law of Ukraine «On Education» provides for granting educational institutions the right to expand the scope of autonomy, namely – academic, organizational, personnel and financial autonomy. This process, among other things, depends on the level of readiness of the principals for self-government at school, the desire and ability to use the opportunities provided by the legislation of Ukraine. The purpose of the article is to publish the results of a study to determine the current state of the attitude of the head of the capital's school to the implementation of the declared autonomy of the school and the factors that prevent it. Realization of the set purpose provides the following: definition of the relation of the head of school to introduction of the autonomy of educational institutions declared by the legislation; determining the readiness of the head of the school in the near future to begin implementing the autonomy of the educational institution; identification of conditions, the satisfaction of which will be able to accelerate the introduction of autonomy of educational institutions. Participants in the survey «Autonomy of educational institutions and its impact on the quality of education management in the capital», conducted by the analytical center of Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University «OsvitAnalityka», were 472 principals of secondary schools and specialists of Kyiv education departments and the capital Department of Education and Science. This article presents an analytical review of the results of the survey of the heads of educational institutions in Kyiv, a statistical portrait of the school principals and the conclusions of the authors. Heads of schools in Kyiv support the ideas, possibilities of autonomy and introduce the autonomy of the educational institution with different speed, sequence of stages and a combination of components. The main conditions for the implementation of the autonomy of educational institutions, laid down by domestic legislation, leaders consider the following: development of an algorithm of actions for introduction of autonomy; training of school administration as educational managers; ensuring the appropriate level of current funding; deprivation of redundant functions of educational institutions; providing advisory assistance and developing a mechanism to encourage managers, etc.