TRENDS IN THE PROFESSIONAL TRAINING OF SPECIALISTS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Abstract

The urgent state of the problem of formation and development of the system of professional training of specialists in the field of special education is highlighted. An analytical review of scientific of contemporary researchers’ thought is conducted. The concepts of reforming, bases of a perspective vision of development of national higher education are characterized. The attention is focused on the importance and necessity of studying and translating the best practices of foreign countries in the context of higher education. The key parameters for ensuring the competitiveness of a specialist in this sphere are determined: high overall level of development of the national education system; assimilation of new and advanced experience acquired in the process of cooperation with foreign countries; ensuring the quality of services in the internal and external markets of educational services; availability of quality educational and research infrastructure; development of strategic partnership; development of mobility. Tracks of modernization of specialists’ training in higher educational institutions areclarified. The present-day state of specialized specialists’ professional training is explored. The practical aspects of its improving are analyzed. Various methods of scientific research within the framework of the indicated research problem are considered. On the basis of the analysis, the content of specialists’ professional training in the field of special education is clarified and the components of the readiness structure of the future competitive specialists’ (teacher, special psychologist, speech therapist) in the aspect of innovative activity prepared for work in modern market conditions are determined.