THE DEPARTMENT OF COMPARATIVE EDUCATION OF THE INSTITUTE OF PEDAGOGY OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES OF UKRAINE: RETHINKING MISSION UNDER MODERN TRANSFORMATIONS

Abstract

In the paper the research results of the Department of Comparative Education of the Institute of Pedagogy of the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine in the framework of the research project “Trends in school education in the EU, USA and China” (2018–2020) analysed. The scientific-auxiliary bibliographic indexes of the published works and the final reports on the scientific activity of the Department were used as information sources. The author found the increase in number and expansion of types of the published works within the 2018-2020 research project in comparison with the previous ones (2012–2014 and 2015–2017) (0118U003360). Based on the results of the analysis the author came to the conclusion that such a transformation was caused by the demands of the national education (launch of the secondary education reform “New Ukrainian School” in 2017/2018 academic year; introduction of training component into the doctoral education within the Bologna process that actualizes the development of textbooks/instruction materials) and new societal challenges (COVID-19 pandemic). The author draws attention to the importance of constant rethinking of the comparative education mission to meet the needs of the national education. Priorities in these conditions are: synergy with the context, openness to change, quick response, flexibility of the essence and format of the research, innovative ideas, practical orientation of the results.

Keywords

• comparative education; department of comparative education; rethinking mission; modern transformations; challenges