HIGHER EDUCATION STANDARDS FOR THE THIRD (EDUCATIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC) LEVEL OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE FIELD OF KNOWLEDGE “EDUCATION”: ANALYSIS OF THE LIST OF COMPULSORY GENERAL COMPETENCIES
Abstract
DOI: https://doi.org/10.26565/2074-8922-2025-84-01
Reforming the higher education system of Ukraine and its orientation towards the best international
practices involves the introduction of a new approach to assessing the quality of educational activities and
learning outcomes, their compliance with higher education standards.
The article analyzes the generic competences list for graduates defined in the higher education standards
for the third (educational and scientific) level of higher education, Doctor of Philosophy degree, in the field of
knowledge «Education».
It has been established that, nowadays, the official website of the Ministry of Education and Science of
Ukraine has published the five higher education standards for the third (educational and scientific) level of
higher education of the Doctor of Philosophy degree in the field of knowledge «Education», which in total
identify nineteen obligatory generic competences of graduates.
Generic competences included in the list of obligatory generic competences of graduates across all
analyzed standards have been identified, namely: «the ability to work in an international context» and «the
formation of a systemic scientific/artistic worldview, professional ethics, and general cultural outlook».
It has been recorded that, overall, eight competences from the recommended list of generic competences
developed based on the Tuning project which consists of thirty-one generic competences were selected to
describe the obligatory generic competences of graduates in the analyzed standards.
It was noted that the analyzed standards show some differences in the wording of certain generic
competences.
It is emphasised that the development of higher education standards, in particular, the definition of the list
of mandatory generic competences of a graduate for the third (educational and scientific) level of higher
education of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, is an important factor in improving the process of training of
new generation of scientific personnel, in particular in the field of knowledge «Education».
In cites: Derstuganova N. V. (2025). Higher education standards for the third (educational and
scientific) level of higher education in the field of knowledge ―Education‖: analysis of the list of
compulsory general competencies. Problems of Engineering Pedagogic Education, (84), 10-18.
https://doi.org/10.26565/2074-8922-2025-84-01 (in Ukrainian)
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