DIRECTIONS FOR MODERNIZING HIGHER PEDAGOGICAL EDUCATION IN UKRAINE WITH A FOCUS ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

The article substantiates the prospects of modernisation of higher pedagogical education in Ukraine in view of its integration into the European and world educational system. The factors of influence on the development of educational processes of socio-cultural, political, economic and humanitarian aspects of globalisation are analysed. It is established that the processes of globalisation will significantly affect the strategic prospects for the further development of higher pedagogical education in Ukraine and may have both positive and negative consequences for it. The author identifies certain risks posed by globalisation processes to the functioning of the system of higher pedagogical education in Ukraine, including: commercialisation of education can lead to social alienation of the pedagogical field of knowledge, which often does not meet the criteria of market profitability; possible gradual loss of national identity with deeper integration into the global education system; growing social inequality in access to quality higher education; and increasing manifestations of the phenomenon of “information overload”. The main positive aspects of the impact of globalization on the development of higher pedagogical education in Ukraine include: free access to international educational resources; strengthening of international cooperation, which promotes academic exchange, joint research, implementation of grant programmes and projects, creation of joint educational programmes for teacher training; implementation of intercultural training, which will allow for quality preparation for work in an international environment and with children of different nationalities and socio-cultural backgrounds. The content of the priority areas of systemic modernisation of higher pedagogical education is proposed and substantiated, which include: autonomy and institutional capacity of higher education institutions, digitalisation of education, inclusiveness, innovation, integration, internationalisation, academic integrity and quality improvement of higher pedagogical education, strengthening of multidisciplinary content of educational and professional programs for the training of future teachers and research projects.