scholarly journals PHILOSOPHY IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATIONAL SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE UNIVERSITY AS A BUSINESS

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-154
Author(s):  
I.V. Zhurbina
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Other ◽  
University Education ◽  
Educational Model ◽  
The Status ◽  
Human Thinking ◽  
The University ◽  
Opening Up

The paper discusses the status of philosophy in the context of the increasing commercialization of higher education, which turns the university into a business. It shows that the neoliberal policy of the commercialization of higher education changes the structure of the educational process dramatically and brings humanism as an educational model inextricably linked with the development of humanitarian disciplines to the limit. In the era of capitalization of knowledge, the principle of utilitarianism becomes dominant. The paper gives reasons for the need to overcome the neoliberal tendency of the educational process dehumanization and return to humanitarian disciplines, which preserve the culture of human thinking in today’s world. The paper finds that the construction of the process of university education according to the being-in-place model actualizes thinking, which brings an individual back from the inertia of non-thinking existence. The paper describes specificity of philosophy as a practice of thinking and language which preserves the foundations of human existence and develops the hermeneutic type of thinking of an individual as “persona”. The hermeneutic type of thinking is focused on a person’s self-understanding of oneself as a personality. At the same time, it contributes to understanding the Other, a dialogue with whom opens up the opportunity not only to look at oneself in a different way, but also to understand the “point of view” of the Other, thereby opening up a different horizon of seeing the world in general.

The exceptional and the ordinary

2018 ◽  
pp. 73-106
Author(s):  
Thomas Docherty
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Norms ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
The Other ◽  
Normative Belief ◽  
University Education ◽  
Ordinary People ◽  
Mass Higher Education ◽  
The People ◽  
The University

The contemporary institution fails to understand the real meaning of ‘mass higher education’. A mass higher education should address the concerns of those masses of ‘ordinary people’ who, for whatever reasons, do not attend a university. Instead, the contemporary sector simply admits more individuals from lower social and economic classes. Behind this is a deep suspicion of the intellectual whose knowledge marks them out as intrinsically elitist and not ‘of the people’. An intellectual concerned about everyday life is now seen as suspicious, given the normative belief that a university education is about individual competitive self-advancement. This intellectual is now an enemy of ‘the people’, and incipiently one who might even be regarded as criminal in dissenting from conformity with social norms of neoliberalism. There is a history to this, dating from 1945; and it sets up a contest between two version of the university: one sees it as a centre of humane and liberal values, the other as the site for the production of individuals who conform to and individually benefit from neoliberal greed. The genuine exception is the intellectual who dissents; but dissent itself is now seen as potentially criminal.

scholarly journals Learning for Earning: Student Expectations and Perceptions of University

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophia Gorgodze ◽  
Lasha Macharashvili ◽  
Anna Kamladze
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Public Universities ◽  
Academic Programs ◽  
The Other ◽  
University Education ◽  
Student Survey ◽  
University Administrators ◽  
Student Expectations ◽  
The University ◽  
Depth Interviews

In the context of increasing numbers of students enrolling in higher education in the last decade, understanding student expectations of their universities becomes more important. Universities need to know what students expect if they want to keep them satisfied and continue attracting them. On the other hand, it is also important to know whether student expectations are in line with the purpose of the universities and the causes they serve. This research explores students’ expectations and perceptions of the university in post-Soviet Georgia, as well as whether these expectations are in line with the perspectives of university administrators. For the purposes of this research, over 800 bachelor level students of different academic programs were surveyed at five big public universities across Georgia. Additionally, 10 in-depth interviews were conducted with university administrators to learn about the purpose that public universities try to serve and to understand their perspectives on what should be expected of university. After the analysis of the results, two focus groups were conducted with the students in Western and Eastern Georgia to make sense of the findings obtained through the student survey. Finally, 4 in-depth interviews were conducted with experts to understand their perspectives on the actual findings of this research. The results suggest that employment is the main expectation from a university education. Moreover, there is a mismatch between what students identify as their primary expectation and what administrators believe students should expect. Significance and implications of these results for universities are discussed.

Humboldtian Man vs. Utopian Future: On the Mission of University in the Modern World

2021 ◽  
pp. 47-51
Author(s):  
Liana A. Tukhvatulina ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Institution ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
University Education ◽  
Modern World ◽  
University Reform ◽  
Academic World ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Status ◽  
The University ◽  
Quantitative Indicators

The article analyzes the significance of Wilhelm von Humboldt’s philosophical ideas about the model of the organization of university education in light of modern challenges. The fundamental ideas of the Humboldt’s project are dis­cussed. The “fictitiousness” of the university as a social institution was the most important advantage of Humboldt's educational strategy. The educational agenda here is not determined by institutional interests, which means that it turns out to be flexible and does not seek to maintain the status quo. At the same time, it is the destruction of “fictitiousness” and the university's establishment as a “real” social institution that becomes one of the most important symptoms of the crisis in the modern academic world. One of the vivid expressions of this crisis is the priority of quantitative indicators of the educational process's effectiveness. The key difference of a modern university is its aspiration for the future. In turn, an appeal to the future turns out to be a pseudo-strategy of the educational process, since the future itself is an unattainable goal. At the same time, Hum­boldt’s project suggested that only in the image of a person does the ultimate goal of education find unlimited development opportunities. The author believes that returning to the “Humboldtian man” can be an important task for university reform in the modern world.

scholarly journals Oppositions and Antinomies of Modern Educational Reality

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 87-103
Author(s):  
V. P. Ignatiev
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Theoretical Method ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
University Education ◽  
Scientific Models ◽  
Normative Documents ◽  
Traditional System ◽  
Object Of Study ◽  
The University

The article reveals some unresolved issues concerning the processes of planning, organizing, conducting and evaluating university education in modern conditions. The purpose of the study is to clarify what oppositions are currently being maintained, and what needs to be done to address problematic situations. Among the oppositions identified by the author, there are oppositions between the standardization and unification of education, which are opposed by the autonomy of universities and the individualization of the learning process; between thread-group organization of educational process, characteristic of the traditional system of higher education, and building of individual educational trajectory; between pedagogue-centered and student-centered paradigms of higher education; between the traditional system of education (teaching) and electronic learning (e-learning), between the old system of assessing students based on the exams in specific disciplines, and the need to determine the level of formation of competences; between academic and scientific models ofpostgraduate school.The following research methods were implemented: a theoretical method (analysis of scientific literature, legislative and normative documents, teaching materials, internal local acts relating to the organization of the educational activities of the University), interpretation (comprehensive and systematic study of the object of study, comparing different objects of study among themselves, summarizing their theoretical and practical experience, etc.). In the study, based on the identified oppositions in the organization of the educational process at the University - standardization and unification of education, the conclusions were made about the need for thorough and comprehensive analysis of the existing management system of higher education and suggestions for its improvement and bringing into line not only with the requirements of legislative and normative documents regulating activity of the Russian universities, but also taking into account the interests of all the stakeholders interested in the learning outcomes and the preparation of competitive specialists.

scholarly journals Education in the 21st Century

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 160-169
Author(s):  
Oľga Bočáková ◽  
Darina Kubíčková
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Quality Standard ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
University Education ◽  
Its Analysis ◽  
Questionnaire Method ◽  
University Lecturers ◽  
The University

This paper deals with the issues of education in Slovakia in the 21st century. The focus has been oriented on the system of higher education and on its current problems. At the present time there prevails an opinion that the quality, standard and demands of the university education is decreasing. In our paper we have carried out an empiric research mapping the opinions of employers of university lecturers and individual students of universities with regard to various aspects connected with university education. We have taken into regard the development of system of education after 1989 and the changes connected with it. The aim of the paper is to identify the current problems of higher education in Slovakia. The research question reads: What problems does the university education have at the present time? From the point of view of used methods we have selected work with literature and its analysis and also the questionnaire method. Subsequently we have analysed and evaluated the results of our survey.

scholarly journals Health as one of the most important factors of the university educational process

KANT ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 317-321
Author(s):  
Nina Speranskaya ◽  
Olga Iatcevich
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Institutions ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
The Other ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Joint Activities ◽  
Rapid Spread ◽  
The One ◽  
The University

The relevance of this article is determined by the acceleration of modern migration processes, which on the one hand, have positive aspects (close business cooperation, educational exchanges, etc.), and on the other hand, negative consequences, expressed in the extremely rapid spread of very dangerous diseases (for example, the current situation with coronavirus strains), which causes the necessity not only for joint activities of medical and social institutions for the prevention of epidemics, but also for educational institutions, it allows to activate subjective factors through education of an individual's social responsibility, his conscious attitude to his own health. The authors investigate the phenomenon of health as a key component of higher education.

scholarly journals Linguocultural bases of socialization of foreign applicants of higher education in the university education area

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Foreign Students ◽  
Language Instruction ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
University Education ◽  
Cultural Environment ◽  
Educational Work ◽  
National University ◽  
The University ◽  
University Training

The article highlights the problems of the linguocultural socialization of foreign applicantsfor highereducation. The scientific and methodical bases of linguocultural educational system of educational migrants’ support that forms in two ways: language training and social and cultural adaptation implemented as per level degree (bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, Ph.D. degree) were defined according to the tasks of socialization of foreigners in the higher education area. The article describes the potential of the language instruction that plays the role of educational discipline and the basis for the socialization of applicants for higher education in a foreign language and social and cultural environment. The process of linguocultural competence formation among different categories of educational migrants is outlined. The functions of the socially educational process at the university as the main factor of socialization of foreigners were determined. The authors point out that the socialization of foreign students in the educational and cultural environment of higher education institutions (HEIs) should be considered in conjunction with three aspects: linguosocial adaptation, integration, and individualization. Scientific and methodical bases of each of the mentioned aspects were discussed. The main forms of social and pedagogical support of socially educational work with foreign applicants of higher education, who study at V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (training courses, cultural assimilators, excursions, local history master classes, theme nights, discussions regarding intercultural communication, creative contests, business games, conferences of young scientists etc.) were specified.

scholarly journals The Problem of Supervision as an Entry Point to Improve the Quality of Education

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Ben Farag Zwaina
Keyword(s):  
Educational Process ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
University Education ◽  
Quality Of Higher Education ◽  
Supervision Process ◽  
Process Outcomes ◽  
University Professor ◽  
The University ◽  
University Training

The final stage of university formation at any level (BA, MA, PhD) represents a very important turning point in the student’s path, as it constitutes a transition bridge for the student from one position to a better position, and in which the student’s personality is built in its various cognitive and skills aspects. The outputs of the stage are considered the most important inputs in the university educational process for a more advanced stage. Our study comes to shed light on the process of supervising the graduation notes from the point of view of the graduation students of the Faculty of Economic, Business, and Management Sciences at the University of Bordj Bou Arereig, considering this stage is one of the most important approaches to achieving the quality of university education outputs, and coming up with recommendations that increase interest in this aspect. In order to improve the level of manpower working in this institution, especially the teaching component, which is the university professor, the quality of university training is mainly related to its quality, as it is considered the most important element or key in the quality of higher education, which contributes to providing distinguished services. At the end of the study, we aim to reach the most prominent challenges and difficulties that students face during the supervision process in order to improve the process in the future and thus improve the educational process outcomes.

HIGHER EDUCATION IN FRANCE: HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alla Durdas
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Historical Development ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
National Development ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
University Education ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Education Development ◽  
Role Of The State ◽  
The University

The article deals with the peculiarities of historical development and modern state of higher education in France. The periods of higher education development of France are determined and the complex and multi-level system of French higher education is considered. The importance of education for the strategy of national development of the country and civilization is emphasized. The importance of the study of the historical development of the university education in France has been substantiated. The stages of education development at the universities of France are outlined and features are considered. each of these stages. The types of higher education institutions in France and their peculiarities in the context of development tendencies are investigated. The present stage of the development of the system of French university education and the peculiarities of structural transformations is considered. The article describes the duality between the French higher education institutions and research centers, as well as the duality between educational institutions and educational programs. The peculiarities of functioning of universities, “big schools" and private institutions of higher education are studied. There is a strong centralized presence and the role of the state in the education of France, in particular in the organization of the educational process and in the financing of education, as well as in defining the fundamental principles of the educational process. The article focuses on the achievements of the French system of higher education and its uniqueness. The role and place of large schools in the system of higher education in France are highlighted. The leading elite schools and universities are mentioned, as well as the conditions for joining them. Attention was paid to the almost equal quality of education in the capital and in the province. Attention is drawn to the national character of the French higher education.

Competency-based training in higher education

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 6024-6044
Author(s):  
Andrés Correal Cuervo ◽  
Ángela Carolina Bernal Álvarez ◽  
Juan Sebastián Cely Bottía ◽  
Sandra Patricia Corredor Gamba
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Important Change ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Academic Programs ◽  
University Education ◽  
Sequential Method ◽  
Professional Performance ◽  
Ethical Citizenship ◽  
Competency Based ◽  
The University

The change of contexts in university education refers to the academic and professional experiences that are combined during the academic course and that can complement the competency-based education provided by Higher Education Institutions, generating an important change from the pedagogical and didactic point of view that directly intervenes in the professional performance. From this work, the perception of the graduates of the University of Boyacá on the general competences applied in their professional performance is investigated. A descriptive-exploratory study was carried out, from an interpretative paradigm through a sequential method. For this purpose, 881 graduates of the 2017-10, 2016-10, 2014-10 and 2012-10 cohorts of the 21 undergraduate academic programs participated in the research. Among the results, satisfaction on the part of the graduates in the acquisition of general competencies applied to their professional performance in accordance with the institutional graduation profile stands out, with the most mastered competencies being leadership and change management and ethical-citizenship. In summary, these results point to possible lines of action to enhance the acquisition of general competencies within the academic programs, and consequently align the institutional graduate profile.   El cambio de contextos en la formación universitaria alude a las experiencias académicas y profesionales que son combinadas durante el transcurrir académico y que pueden complementar la formación basada en competencias impartida por las Instituciones de Educación Superior, generando un cambio importante desde el punto de vista pedagógico y didáctico que interviene directamente en el desempeño profesional. Desde este trabajo se indaga la percepción de los egresados de la Universidad de Boyacá sobre las competencias generales aplicadas en su desempeño profesional. Se realizó un estudio descriptivo-exploratorio, desde un paradigma interpretativo a través de un método secuencial. Para ello, han participado en la investigación 881 egresados de las cohortes 2017-10, 2016-10, 2014-10 y 2012-10 de los 21 programas académicos de pregrado. Entre los resultados se destaca satisfacción por parte de los egresados en la adquisición de competencias generales aplicadas a su desempeño profesional acordes con el perfil de egreso institucional, siendo las competencias más dominadas liderazgo y manejo del cambio y ético-ciudadanas. En síntesis, estos resultados señalan las posibles líneas de actuación para potenciar la adquisición de competencias generales al interior de los programas académicos, y en consecuencia alinear el perfil de egreso institucional.

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