DIRECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SWEDISH EXPERIENCE FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN UKRAINE

Abstract

An important aspect of the methodology of scientific research, that involves the study of foreign experience, its comparison and contrast, is the problem – how and in what forms it is possible to use / implement the learned experience. The expediency of applying to the experience of different countries, in our research – the Swedish experience in ensuring the quality of higher education – is beyond doubt. In the present circumstances, no developed country can afford to isolate itself from the international community. This fully applies to education. Investigating the problem of the quality of higher education, the analysis of normative documents regulating various areas of quality assessment category; foreign experience of this problem makes it possible to state that the quality of education is an urgent problem in many countries. Separate directions of the implementation of the experience of organizing the quality assurance system in Sweden in the practice of the work of domestic institutions of higher education are proposed in the article. The quality of education, as a pedagogical category, reflects the level of preparedness of educational institutions to provide educational services to different categories of the population. The author clearly describes the areas of creative application of the Swedish experience in quality assurance of higher education in in Ukraine, in particular: voluntary and motivational interest of each educational institution in conducting an independent expert assessment of quality; involvement of students in the evaluating the quality of higher education as an integral part of the higher education quality network; establishment of independent agencies evaluating the quality of higher education; the introduction of a single university test in institutions of higher education in Ukraine; the availability of necessary practical work experience (especially for students who study part-time or distance learning); the obligatory introduction of university rankings in the system of external quality evaluation. It is noted, that the indicated directions of implementation the Swedish experience are possible under the condition of implementation a number of tasks, which are formulated by the author in the article.