DEVELOPMENT OF INNOVATIONS IN CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION

Abstract

The paper aims to study the methodological and theoretical foundations of the development
of innovations in the field of continuing professional education (CPE). The methodological foundations
of the study of the phenomenon of innovation in CPE (general laws of dialectics, systemic,
synergetic and acmeological approaches) are identified and characterized. The external factors of
the education sector cased by globalization, internationalization, digitalization and the “force
majeure” of pandemic were determined and their influence on the development of CPE in the first
quarter of the XXI century was revealed. The features of the current continuing education were
revealed. They were developed both under the influence of environmental factors and as a result
of internal tendencies of self-organization. On the basis of a theoretical analysis of the requirements
for education caused by these factors, the types of CPE problems were formulated.
The necessary nature of educational innovations was substantiated. The role of innovations in resolving
the problems of continuing education was described. Typical modern innovations and
their role in the development of continuing education as an aspect of a person's lifelong education
were characterized.