Promoting the International Education by Means of Cutting Edge Technologies

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.30929/2307-9770.2022.10.03.01

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Abstract

The actuality of our research can be proven with the fact that the current stage of the development of world society is characterized by the growing role of international education as a component of the process of deepening and diversifying political, socio-cultural, economic ties between states within the framework of the globalization of the world space. In the article the problem of international cooperation in the higher education sphere is examined, it is accented attention to the necessity of strengthening of this component as an important factor of integration of the national education system into global educational space and strengthening of it competitiveness at the market of educational services. The process of modernization of education is outlined in the National Doctrine of Education Development, approved by the Decree of the President of Ukraine dated April 17, 2002 No. 347/2002. The national doctrine states that education should prepare a person organically adapted to life in a multifaceted world of connections – from contacts with the immediate environment to global connections. It becomes obvious that the state will be more successful, more its citizens will be able to communicate with the world. Therefore, it is necessary to form a personality capable of perceiving and creating changes, determined to perceive change as a natural norm. The purpose of the article was to study the essence of international education, its development in Ukraine and determination of the need for cross-cultural training of youth in Ukrainian universities, which is aimed at formation of individual readiness for effective cross-cultural interaction. In our research we described the modern ways of international education using cutting edge technologies, such as Collaborative Online International Learning and M.S.Ed. in International and Comparative Education (Online). An analysis of the various international educational programs was carried out and shows that the European area of higher education is actively developing, is enriched by both regulatory acts and various forms of cooperation, ensuring through broad cooperation and unification of joint efforts and permanent modernization of the systems of higher education of the countries participating in the Bologna who process in accordance with the requirements of knowledge-oriented and high-tech education. The researchers of the international education point to progress in the development of the higher education system of EU education and at the same time point out that there are certain difficulties and debatable issues which need to be decided in the process of its further development. For this purpose, developed countries are intensifying the competitive struggle for leadership in the world education system as an effective tool of influence in the field of international relations.

Keywords

European integration; Erasmus program; Tempus program; international cooperation, global educational space, mobility, competitiveness

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