The National Transport University Bulletin

Abstract

In modern society, which is constantly developing and changing, the reformation and improvement of the existing education system is gaining more relevance, where increase the level of its quality is the central problem for all stakeholders. Working on integration into the European educational space and on practical accession to the Bologna process, Ukraine, in the context of European requirements, carries out the modernization of educational activities, where the quality of education covers various directions in this field. This is both the quality of teaching, and the quality of training, and the quality of research, which, in turn, is a sign of the quality of the staff and program, and, as a result, of the quality of learning. Therefore, the purpose of our article is to analyze the content of the concept of quality of education, how it is defined and what indicators it depends on. On the website of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, for example, the concept of quality of education is interpreted as a set of characteristics of the educational process that define the consistent and practically effective formation of competence and professional consciousness. This is a certain level of knowledge and skills, intellective, physical and moral development achieved by graduates of an educational institution in accordance with the planned goals of study and education. Summarizing the approaches of various scientists to the interpretation of the concept of quality of education, we can conclude that the quality of education is, first of all, an integral characteristic of the education system, which is a reflection of the level of compliance of resource provision, educational process and educational results with normative requirements, social and personal expectations. Secondly, the concept of quality of education is interpreted as a set of various components, the most important of which are those that define the level of knowledge, abilities, skills, competencies, personal and professional qualities and achievements of all participants in the educational process. Thirdly, the quality of education is a systemic concept, it is a category that reflects all aspects of the development of the educational system. Fourth, at the state level, the quality of education is the compliance of the educational system with the requirements and standards of society. In addition, the analysis of the approaches of scientists makes it possible to define the main structural elements of the quality of education, which resembles a hierarchical system, and consists of three main interrelated components - the quality of the educational process conditions, the quality of the educational process content, and the quality of the educational process result. Despite the existing variety of definitions, the problem of the quality of education continues to be relevant and needs to be defined as a scientific category. Further research requires a clear definition of the indicators system and criteria that qualitatively affect the effectiveness of the educational process.

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