On November 12-13, 2020 the II International Scientific and Practical Conference «Education for the XXI century: challenges, problems, prospects» was  held at Sumy State Pedagogical University named after A.S. Makarenko in the framework of the Erasmus+ Jean Monnet project Module «Europeanization of Doctoral Studies in the Field of Education: Interdisciplinary and Inclusive approaches».

The conference brought together more than 280 participants from almost 40 Ukrainian and foreign academic institutions and institutions of school and extracurricular education, whose representatives took part in the discussion of problems and prospects for the development of preschool, primary, general secondary, out-of-school educational institution, higher education and adult education in the XXI century.

At the plenary session of the conference scientific reports were presented by L.V. Pshenichna, Candidate of Sciences in Public Administration, Professor, First Vice-Rector of Sumy State Pedagogical University named after A.S. Makarenko («Manager and his place in the moral life of the individual and team»), Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Senior Researcher, Head of the Department of Foreign Systems of Pedagogical and Adult Education of Ivan Zyazyun Institute for Pedagogical Education and Adult Education of the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine N.M. Avshenyuk («Institutional accreditation as a key mechanism for quality assurance in higher education in the UK»), Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Pedagogy, Vocational Education and Management of Educational Institutions of Zhytomyr State University named after Ivan Franko O.E. Antonov («Accreditation of educational programs PhD: problems, mistakes, lessons»), Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of Pedagogy, Sumy State Pedagogical University named after A.S. Makarenko M.A. Boichenko («Digital learning environment: challenges and threats to higher education»), Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, Professor of Foreign Languages, Uman State Pedagogical University named after Pavel Tychyna, Chief Researcher of the Department of International Relations and Scientific Cooperation of the Institute of Pedagogy of the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine O.A. Zabolotna («Sources of information for comparative pedagogical research: how to make it high quality and academically virtuous»), Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor, Doctoral Student of the Department of Pedagogy of Sumy State Pedagogical University named after A.S. Makarenko N.V. Kovalenko («Professional identity of future teachers in the context of global challenges»), O.I. Lokshinа, Head of the Department of Comparative Pedagogy of the Institute of Pedagogy of the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine («Skills for the XXI Century: Landmarks of the World Community»), Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, Professor of the Department of Music Art and Choreography of State Institution «South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University named after K.D. Ushinsky» G. Yu. Nikolay («Musical and pedagogical content of educational and scientific programs for training doctors of philosophy of art»), Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, Professor of Pedagogy, Sumy State Pedagogical University named after A.S. Makarenko O.I. Ogienko («Adult Education: Modern Challenges and Prospects»), Rohas Halik Manuel Andres, a postgraduate student at State Institution «South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University named after K.D. Ushinsky»  («Regional Problems of Violin and Performing Training for Future Masters of Music»), Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Pedagogy of Sumy State Pedagogical University named after A.S. Makarenko A.A. Sbruieva («Inclusive academic environment as a factor in PhD training»), Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, Professor of the Department of General Pedagogy and Andragogy of Poltava National Pedagogical University named after V.G. Korolenko L.A. Semenovska («Ways to improve educational and scientific programs for training doctors of philosophy: from work experience»), Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of the Ukrainian Language and Literature of Sumy State Pedagogical University named after A.S. Makarenko O.M. Semenog («The concept of «academic culture of the researcher» in the Ukrainian and Polish educational and pedagogical discourse»), Full member of the IPA RF, academician, head of the Fergana branch of the center for the formation of civil society (Uzbekistan) N. S. Temirov («State educational policy – the guarantor of innovative education»), Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor, Corresponding Member of the Academy of International Cooperation in Creative Pedagogy, Head of the Department of Vocational Education and Management MI Sumy Regional Institute of Postgraduate Pedagogical Education O.V. Guzenko («Health environment as a condition for quality organization of the educational process in general secondary education institutions»), Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of Pedagogy of Sumy State Pedagogical University named after A.S. Makarenko I.A. Chistiakova («Areas of activity of the Association of Pedagogical Education in Europe»).

The relevant areas of discussion at the conference were such aspects as pedagogical innovations in the modern system of primary education; current trends in the development of primary education in European countries; the problems of development of critical thinking of junior schoolchildren in the context of realization of the concept of the New Ukrainian school; theoretical and methodological principles of cross-cultural interaction; the problems of using innovative technologies in the system of general secondary education of Ukraine and the world; identifying the challenges of modern higher education; trends in reforming doctoral training in the European Higher Education Area; the issues of academic integrity in higher education; problems of distance learning development; the issues of management of innovative development of educational institutions; the problems of optimization of professional training of the future specialist; the issues of education of gifted students in domestic and international contexts; the current issues of inclusive education in the context of innovative development; the problems of training future social workers; the issues of adult education development.

The abstracts and reports were published in the conference proceedings, the electronic version of which will be posted on the websites of the professional journal «Pedagogical Sciences: Theory, History, Innovative Technologies» (http://pedscience.sspu.sumy.ua), on the Erasmus + Jean Monnet Program project Module at Sumy State Pedagogical University named after A.S. Makarenko  (http://jmm.sspu.edu.ua/index.php/en/naukovi-zakhodi/konferentsiji/materialy).