METHODOLOGY OF RESEARCH OF NATIONAL AND REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT AS A FACTOR OF INNOVATIVE DEVELOPMENT OF PRIMARY GENERAL EDUCATION ORGANIZATIONS

Abstract

The paper describes methodology of researching the national-regional educational environment as a factor in the innovative development of primary general education organizations. The methodology is considered at philosophical, general scientific and specific-scientific (pedagogical) levels. At the philosophical level, it is based on dialectical materialism, existentialism, phenomenological direction, principle of logic. At the general scientific level, systematic and innovative approaches are relevant to the research. At the specific-scientific level, the study is based on the theory of regionalization of education, the concept of the development of regional educational systems, the regional approach, conceptual positions and author’s ideas of reputable scientists. Factors of innovative development of primary general education organizations in the national-regional environment are named.