Integration of Educational and Research Constituents of the Process of Specialists’ Professional Training in the Universities of Developed Countries

• Authors: Alina Sbruieva
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In the article the characteristic of strategies of the integration of educational and research constituents of the process of specialists’ professional training in the universities of developed countries has been given. The relevance of the problem in the context of requirements to the graduate represented in the European qualifications framework (EQF) and formulated in the Dublin Descriptor of the EQF has been proved. The conclusion has been made about the strategies of integration of educational and research activities of the university as a multilevel and multidimensional system of interconnected, interdependent, and interrelated components. The study proves that the systemic character of research-oriented strategies is achieved by an interrelation of activities at all levels of implementation, and the inclusion of these strategies into the others, directed at increasing efficiency of educational process (development of E-learning, flexible curriculum, formation of a single university educationalresearch community, development of the university campus as a broad educational environment, etc.). The strategies of solving research problem in the context of defining the mission of the higher education institution and its full realization; development of curricular and methodological foundations of research-oriented learning; development of research activity strategies aimed at integration of educational and research constituents of the process of specialists’ training; professional staff development aimed at formation of readiness to research-oriented learning, and modernization of organizational structures of the university able to realize the mission of the university have been characterized.

Keywords

EN

university; educational activities; research activities; integration; researchoriented training; strategy; professional training

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Comparative Professional Pedagogy
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 5
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 7-13

Dates

published

2015-08-01

online

2015-09-30

Contributors

author

Alina Sbruieva

• Sumy State Pedagogical University named after A. S. Makarenko, Ukraine Address: 87 Romenska St., Sumy, 40002, Ukraine

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/rpp-2015-0048