Щоденник викладання курсу CompHEd (2019-2020) - Проект Еразмус+ Жан Моне Модуль

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Round table meeting on Comparative Higher Education (CompHEd)

On April 29, 2020 the final classes of the course «Comparative Higher Education: Global, European and National Contexts» took place in the form of an online (zoom-conference) round table meeting.

The postgraduate students, supervisors, members of the Chair of Pedagogy of Sumy State Pedagogical University named after A.S. Makarenko were invited to the meeting.

The issues of the round table meeting included a comparison of higher education systems in European countries and Ukraine. The postgraduate students were asked to present the reports related to the topic of their dissertation research.

The participants of the round table meeting put forward a wide range of the questions, which allowed to identify the additional aspects of the processes studied by the postgraduate students, to update and deepen further research.

All members of the round table meeting expressed their belief in the usefulness of such events for the development of professional competencies of the young scientists.

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Announcement (3)

On March 13, 2020 we informed the postgraduate students that the final classes of the training course of CompHEd taught in the framework of the Jean Monnet Module project would be postponed due to the introduction of a quarantine connected with a pandemic coronavirus. The roundtable meeting will be held after the quarantine is completed.

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All-Ukrainian seminar «Makarenko’s Readings» with international participation (2)

On March 13, 2020 All-Ukrainian seminar «Makarenko’s Readings» with international participation was held at the University in which the project participants took part. The reports presented by the lecturers and postgraduate students were devoted to the historical past, present and prospects of development of the university community which has born the name of the prominent pedagogue A.S. Makarenko since 1957.

The reports of the postgraduate students were logically related to the topic of their research. The participation in the seminar allowed them to look at the subject of their research from a new perspective, to develop the skills of presentation of scientific materials and comparative analysis of domestic and foreign educational practice.

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Seminars on the training course CompHEd (2)

On March 6, 2020 the following seminars of the training course CompHEd took place. The topic of seminar 2 was «Scientific and Innovative Activity of higher education institutions in the world, EU and Ukraine: Development Trends».

The purpose of the seminar was to characterize the EU policy on the development of higher education research and innovation, to identify the conceptual, substantive and organizational foundations of educational innovation in contemporary higher education in European and national contexts.

In addition to theoretical questions, the postgraduate students were asked to present and comment on the scientific novelty of their research and to characterize the practical importance of their research in national and European scientific spaces. They had to analyze the possibilities of transfer of the innovative product which they created into practice of the education system of Ukraine or other countries.

The topic of seminar 3 was «Quality Assurance in Higher Education (QAHE): European, national and institutional dimensions».

The purpose of the seminar was to form a system of knowledge on the EU policy and the Bologna process in the field of quality assurance in higher education in European and national contexts, to develop the skills to analyze critically the processes occurring at the institutional, national and supranational levels in the QAHE area, understanding the essence of the QAHE culture and readiness to develop it in accordance with European standards and recommendations in their own professional activities.

The tasks of a research-oriented character concerned the following issues: 1) activities of the structures of a particular university in relation to internal quality assurance of education (internal dimension of QAHE): normative, organizational, substantive, procedural foundations; 2) analysis of the peculiarities of the external dimension of quality assurance in Ukraine: subjects, procedures, the ways of interaction of the parties, risks; 3) the place of the university in national and international rankings. The postgraduate students compared the ranking positions of different universities in the region and analyzed the reasons for such rating positions, gave recommendations for their improvement.

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The first seminar on the training course CompHEd

On March 4, 2020 the first seminar on the course CompHEd was held. The topic of the seminar was «Education Activities of Higher Education Institutions in the EU and Ukraine: Modernization Trends».

The purpose of the seminar is a structural and logical analysis of the EU’s higher education policy, identifying conceptual, content and organizational foundations of educational innovation in modern higher education in European and national contexts. In addition to theoretical questions for discussion, the postgraduate students were asked to do micro-research directly related to the topic of their dissertation that concerned the organizational and pedagogical foundations of innovation in the activities of educational institutions that were the subject of their study. The micro-research included a comparative analysis of national and European experience.