Psychological and pedagogical Expertise in Education: Main Areas and Approaches

Abstract

The paper provides a review of research approaches to the organization of expert activity in the Russian system of education.Among the studied areas of psychological and pedagogical expertise were: educational environment; educational technologies; comfort and safety of educational environment; professional activities of teachers; innovative processes; quality of educational services, programmes and coursebooks.The data shows that there are many different interpretations of aims and tasks of expertise in education, so it is not possible to speak of an integrated scientific approach to the organization of psychological and pedagogical expertise.The outcomes of this study reveal perspectives for developing a model (concept) of psychological and pedagogical expertise in the system of education.

Keywords

• expertise in education
• psychological and pedagogical expertise