UPDATING SOCIOCULTURAL ASPECT OF CONTENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

Introduction. The article analyzes sociocultural conditionality of education content, considers the necessity of its enrichment with humanistic sociocultural values demanded in professional activity of a graduate in multicultural changing world. The purpose of the article is to conceptualize the world-view essence of the sociocultural discourse and its defining role in updating content of education as the necessary condition for bringing up a competent specialist. Objectives of the article are to analyse the problem of updating education content in the context of modern concepts of humanization; determine the essence and structure of the sociocultural aspect of professional training at a modern university; presentation of the conditions for updating the sociocultural aspect of the content of education in the activities of a university teacher. Methodology. In order to achieve the goal, we studied the concept of humanization of education with methodological instruments of social philosophy, anthropology, cultural studies, considering the increasing role of the value aspect in the content of education. Results. The scientific novelty of the article is in determining vector for updating the content of education and showing relevance of its sociocultural aspect for the first time in the context of interrelationship of global humanism, universal evolutionism and post-nonclassical rationality. The article reveals the worldview essence of the sociocultural aspect of the content of education and proves the importance to update it for both humanities and natural sciences. We also propose the structure of the sociocultural aspect and possible ways to renew it in the context of cultural science. Of practical importance are the conditions outlined in the study for updating the content of education, a special place among which belongs to the teacher’s ability to reflect on its hidden component as a significant channel for transmitting sociocultural humanistic values. Conclusion. Education that meets sociocultural challenges of changing world by updating its content serves as an indicator of the quality of professional training at universities, ensures bringing up socioculturally competent specialists capable of resolving contradictions in the modern world and ready to maintain its sustainable development.