INNOVATIONS IN TRAINING SCIENTIFIC PERSONNEL OF HIGHER QUALIFICATION: INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE AND RUSSIAN REALITIES (EXPERT OPINION)

Abstract

Modernization processes «from the top» of various social institutions in modern Russia have affected one of the most important – the Institute of education. The article deals with the aspect that has received a wide discourse in the domestic and foreign scientific community – training of highly qualified personnel in the Russian education system in the format of the international standard classification of education (ISCED). Training of Russian highly qualified personnel on the basis of postgraduate corresponds to the level of ISCED 8 – «doctorate or its equivalent» or ISCED level 8 – «Doctor or equivalent level», because in the European Union, according to the Bologna agreement (2003) there is no division into postgraduate and doctoral studies in the Russian sense. The article provides a comparative analysis and expert evaluation of scientific, organizational and pedagogical factors, procedures and criteria for the development and efficiency of the Russian Institute of postgraduate studies on the example of the functioning of the corresponding Institute of doctoral studies in the European Union, in Daugavpils University (Latvia). European experience in the organization and functioning of the Institute of doctoral studies shows that the Institute of postgraduate studies in Russia for four years is in the form of innovative, but the content of the destructive reform of reproduction of scientific and pedagogical personnel of higher qualification. According to the results of the study, conclusions are made about the directions of improving the training of highly qualified personnel in Russia, using some positive elements of the European experience in this field. In the theoretical aspect – the «unloading» of the educational programs of ISCED 8 due to the subjects previously studied in the master’s and specialist degrees. In practical aspect – to make wider use of the European promotion and scientific certification experience in the preparation of a scientific theses and the procedure for its protection.