METHODOLOGY AND RESEARCH METHODS OF MASTER’S EDUCATION IN UNIVERSITIES OF THE COUNTRIES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (WITH REFERENCE TO FRANCE)

Abstract

The article studies of the origins and dynamics of the development of methodology and methods of comparative research in education during different historical periods. The article focuses on the characterization of methodology and methods of comparative research in education in the 20th century aimed at comparing educational systems in different countries of the world. Comparative studies were characterized by national and cultural characteristics and required a methodology to study “singular” and “special”. The processes of building the world community at the beginning of the twenty-first century contributed to the development of new methodological approaches in comparative education aimed at studying “common”, while international organizations have become the subject of comparative research. However, research conducted by individual scientists from all over the world remains common. The article emphasizes the need to take into account and accumulate the ideas of modern Russian and foreign researchers in comparative education, which are members of international associations of comparative education when applying the methodology and methods of research of master’s education in universities of the European Union (on the example of France).