Specialized Education of Scientific Direction in Ukraine: Features of Implementation

Abstract

World trends in the development of education are
associated with promising areas of employment, which,
above all, include all areas of engineering, computer
science and science. The problem of formation of
environments of scientific education on the basis of
integration of formal and non-formal education is actual
now. This requires, on the one hand, a more detailed
consideration of the phenomenon of scientific education,
and on the other one – the definition of the features
of specialized educational institutions of scientific
direction, which ensure their innovation. The concept
of scientific education, in contrast to the traditional,
based on interdisciplinarity, contextual openness, it
aims to ensure creativity and specialization, initiative
and responsibility, personal autonomy and socialization.
Awareness of the need to form scientific personnel is
reflected in the legal documents: the Law of Ukraine “On
Education” (Article 21), “On scientific and scientifictechnical activities” (Article 26) and “Standard of
specialized education in the scientific field”, which
defines the requirements to the research competence of
schoolchildren. The need for the formation of scientific
personnel is reflected in the legal documents: the Law
of Ukraine “On Education” (Article 21), “On scientific
and scientific-technical activities” (Article 26) and
“Standard of specialized education in the scientific”,
which defines the requirements for research competence
of schoolchildren. Features of scientific education are
bifunctionality (education and science) and sensitivity
to socio-economic demands. The Ukrainian education
system provides for two approaches to the implementation
of scientific education as a purposeful cognitive activity.
Scientific education is aimed at the formation of integrated
knowledge that combines disciplinary, interdisciplinary,
procedural and epistemic. The realization of this goal is
possible under the condition of cooperation between the
teacher and the professional mentor. The methodology
of specialized education in the scientific field is focused
on the use of the scientific method and procedure of
engineering design. Institutions of specialized education
in the scientific field together with the socio-cultural
environment form integrated educational environments
that require the use of innovative learning technologies.
Practical and theoretical developments of the National
Center “Small Academy of Sciences of Ukraine”
contribute to the development of scientific education.