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

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».