Quality of education as an indicator of the quality of life

Abstract

The article presents ideas fundamental for the educational community of the determining role of the quality of education on the quality of a modern person and his/her various aspects of life. The authors turn to the origins of the idea of improving the quality of life in philosophical discourse, show the role of education in transforming a student's potency into his real achievements. The article describes the noospheric and acmeological guidelines for improving the quality of a person and his/her life, considering the degree of the culture of life. Having summarized the philosophical, pedagogical, sociological, and economic research, the authors describe the factors that affect the quality of life of subjects of education, systematize various views on the problem of the quality of education in domestic pedagogy, describe innovations that improve the quality of the educational process, and argue the need for their introduction into the practice of higher education. As a proof of the importance of improving the quality of education and its impact on the younger generation, the article presents the results of a reflective analysis of students derived from essays, questionnaires, and interviews that rank and independently describe the criteria for improving the quality of a person and life in conditions of high-quality higher education.