EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM OF A MODERN UNIVERSITY: METHODOLOGY

Abstract

The article examines the methodology for developing a university educational ecosystem aimed at comprehensive professional training of students, majoring in international relations, capable of smooth adaptation to the professional environment and possessing the necessary set of professional skills and qualities that reflect the current requirements of the state and employers. The author analyzes the concept of “educational ecosystem,” identifies its key characteristics, and correlates them with the requirements of educational standards. Based on these characteristics, the author examines the key approaches to the educational ecosystem, which provide the interaction between the curriculum subjects of and the types of students’ classroom and extracurricular activities in accordance with the requirements of employers, the state, and the university administration. The article aims to study the educational ecosystem as a holistic interaction between all stakeholders in the educational process to provide professional training, that reflects necessary professional and personal qualities, as well as the flexibility to quickly adapt to the professional environment.