Open AccessTHE SYSTEM OF QUALITY ASSURANCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE FIELD OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORTS ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE USA
Author(s) -
Serhii Medynskyi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
sportivna nauka ta zdorov'â lûdini
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2664-2069
DOI - 10.28925/2664-2069.2021.14
Subject(s) - physical education , autonomy , quality assurance , higher education , meaning (existential) , quality (philosophy) , public relations , recreation , political science , function (biology) , pedagogy , sociology , psychology , business , marketing , law , philosophy , epistemology , evolutionary biology , psychotherapist , biology , service (business)
. Education always performs an important function of society and the state, aimed at the formation and development of socially significant qualities of each person as a member of society and citizen, and the state. Quality higher education directs the life of society, turning it into a successful society in the future; forms a new way of thinking, a new vision of the meaning of life increases the status of the country at the international level and stimulates the development of the economy of the whole country. An important component of the strategy for the development of higher education in Ukraine is determined by an effective system of internal and external quality assurance.Aim is to determine and theoretically generalize the features of the conceptual principles, content and organization of the quality assurance system of professional training of specialists in physical education and sports in the United States.Results. The study identifies and theoretically generalizes the characteristic conceptual foundations of the content and organization of the quality assurance system of professional training of specialists in physical education and sports in the United States. Twelve academic specializations for the training of specialists in physical education and sports at US universities have been singled out in terms of content and characterized, which are combined into four main areas. Six basic components of quality assurance in higher education in the field of physical education and sports in the United States have been identified and characterized: the state-defined educational sector "Fitness, Recreation and Leisure"; broad autonomy of universities and public control over the regulation of the quality of training of specialists in physical education and sports; unified system of evaluation of learning outcomes in high school and universities; extended admission control; current selection in universities; system of control of professional competencies of university graduates.Conclusions. The creative use of the ideas of American practice will contribute to the modernization and innovative structuring of the Ukrainian quality system of higher education in general and the training of specialists in physical education and sports in particular.