METHODOLOGY OF A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE TENDENCIES IN PROFESSIONAL TRAINING OF SPECIALISTS IN CIRCULAR ECONOMY IN SOME EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

Abstract

The article reveals the methodology of a comparative study of the tendencies in professional training of specialists in circular economy in some European countries. Since gaining independence by Ukraine, pedagogical research has intensified through studying the experience of the development of education in the world’s leading countries and, in particular, in the countries of the European Union, in order to borrow the best experience for Ukraine, taking into account our mentality, history, cultural and educational traditions. Such a branch of pedagogical science as comparative pedagogy and, in particular, comparative professional pedagogy, has started developing actively. When studying the tendencies of specialists’ professional training in circular economy in the Republic of Finland, the Republic of Poland and Ukraine, understanding of the methodology as a doctrine of organization of activities has been suggested for usage (A. Novikov, D. Novikov). The organization of scientific research in the problem field of comparative pedagogy has been revealed through: the proof of the countries’ equivalence in the study of the phenomenon chosen for the research; determination of the stages of conducting a comparative study; formulation of the research concept and substantiation of the research criteria. It has been shown that for conducting interdisciplinary comparative research it is important to apply a five-level methodology (levels: philosophical and worldview, general scientific, specific scientific (disciplinary), interdisciplinary, technological) and to use scientific approaches which reflect the methodological basis for achieving the research goal and the intermediate goals.