(2023) Science and education, 2, 61-65. Odessa.
Olena Rumiantseva,
PhD (Candidate of Philological Sciences),
Associate Professor at the Department of Foreign Languages for Specific Purposes,
Odesa I. I. Mechnikov National University,
24/26, Frantsuzkyi blvd, Odesa, Ukraine,
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1133-7867
ADVANCEMENT OF QUALITY STANDARDS IN HIGHER EDUCATION: RETHINKING HE TEACHERS’ AND PHD STUDENTS’ RESEARCHES
SUMMARY:
The topicality of the paper is determined by the need to study successfully implemented experience of enhancing quality standards in HEIs of the EU countries, Great Britain and the USA universities with the aim of implementing the best practices in Ukraine. Objective: to ascertain modern models of improving the HE quality standards through the reorientation of the university teachers’ research from the professional to pedagogical field, as well as studying the possibility of training SoTL teachersresearchers in the framework the PhD programs in Ukraine. Methods: study of existing publications and empirical data of foreign universities; analysis and synthesis of information related to the investigated problem to clarify the advantages and disadvantages of the SoTL project; forming conclusions and recommendations. Results: there was determined (1) the possibility of reorientation of a certain percentage of university teachers’ research in SoTL sphere in order to improve the HEIs quality standards; (2) the possibility of training a teacher-researcher (PhD in Education) under the PhD program in Ukraine; the positive and some negative aspects of the implementation of the SoTL practices in Ukraine’s HEIs were clarified. Conclusion: the prerequisites for the SoTL implementation in Ukrainian universities have been clarified as one of the directions of HE internal quality assurance to strengthen the University staff potential, improve the quality of teaching and learning and identify existing problems; there was established the necessity in support of fundamental research in the field of HE pedagogy and implementation of the PhD in Education program.
KEYWORDS:
quality standards in HE, teaching and learning, teacher-researcher, PhD in Education program, Doctor of Philosophy in Education, SoTL.
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