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THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANDRAGOGICAL PRACTICES IN THE REGION: ECOSYSTEM RELATIONS BETWEEN UNIVERSITIES AND THE LABOR MARKET // Pedagogical Review. 2022. Issue 3 (43). P. 79-89

The article shows modern specifics of interaction between universities and the regional labor market in the context of promoting employment of the population from the perspective of a new worldview – the ecosystem approach. Authors give substantiation of trends and directions of regional andragogical practices’ development (additional professional education) related to the activities of employment services in the logic of ecosystem synergy and the value of human capital assets development outlining the advantages of such synergy and ways to achieve it. The article summarizes empirical materials of employment services in the Tomsk region (2017-2021) on the testing of new andragogical services of an anthropocentric orientation, including the experience of the national project «Demography” (Tomsk, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Kemerovo, Arkhangelsk, Volgograd regions and Kamchatka Krai). It presents the results of statistical data analysis reflecting the interrelationships of educational programs that were used to train citizens aimed at changes in employment (unemployed; citizens in labor relations, but looking for another job; women on parental leave; people of preretirement and retirement age), and the results of new employment scenarios for such people. This work explains and justifies reasons for such interrelations and ways of influencing them. The authors actualize the need for the anthropocentric transformation of andragogical practices, including additional vocational education, which creates the provision of new planned effects (socially significant results) through the ecosystem synergy of education, labor market and employment services (with their intermediary function) which is an important area of activity of Russian university communities. Authors used the following methods to prepare the materials of this article: survey (questionnaire, interview), biographical method, expert method, educational design.

Keywords: human capital assets, adults, regional education system, adragogical practice, labour market, ecosystem approach

Development of human potential as an actual context for the transformation of the education system in Russia // Pedagogical Review. 2023. Issue 6 (52). P. 122-133

The issues of human potential development as an important task of modern society, including the education system, are considered. The content of the strategic planning documents of the Russian Federation in the field of human development is disclosed. The essential-content characteristic of the category “human potential” is generalized. An expert opinion on the role of education in the development of human potential is indicated. A selective ranking of countries by the level of human development and education is presented. The strategic priorities of Russian universities in the field of sustainable development and human development are analyzed. It is shown that universities have a unique opportunity to become innovators who model a new strategy for the country’s sustainable development, since it is they who make a significant contribution to sustainable regional development, shape society, and train agents of change. A number of conclusions are made, in particular, that the national policy in the field of human development is currently moving to a qualitatively new level. There is a systematization of goals, tasks and resources. Universities are actively involved in initiatives aimed at accelerating the achievement of the UN SDGs, promoting ESG values, while strengthening their positions as key actors of change towards sustainable development. The demand for specialists who are able to put into practice the principles of sustainable development in various areas of the national economy is growing significantly. In this regard, universities are faced with the task of preparing graduates not only with the necessary set of competencies, but also with a formed understanding of new values in the context of the sustainable development of society, the central element of which is a person. The research methodology was based on certain provisions of the concept of human potential, outlined in the works of leading foreign and Russian scientists. The study uses methods of theoretical and comparative analysis; content analysis of documents, as well as materials presented in open access databases. The materials of the study were documents in the field of human development of the United Nations, UNESCO, the World Bank, as well as documents on the strategic development of the Russian Federation; programs and development strategies of a number of Russian universities.

Keywords: human potential, education system, transformation of the education system, strategic planning documents, human development level, strategic priorities, sustainable development, andragogical practice, labour market