Pedagogical modeling of educational environment of the university under the conditions of European integration

Abstract

The article deals with the pedagogical modeling as a phenomenon of the university’s educational environment modernization which corresponds to the social challenges and demands of the European integration process. The article describes pedagogical modeling has several aspects of application as follows: epistemological, which states that a model is an intermediate object in the process of understanding the pedagogical phenomenon; general methodological, which enabled to assess the relations between the characteristics of the state of the various educational process elements at different stages of their description and study; psychological, which enables to describe various aspects of educational and pedagogical activities, and identify, on this basis, psychological and pedagogical patterns. Modeling of educational activity at the university carried out on the basis of the described components is offered as a variant of models. The definitions of an educational environment of a certain higher educational institution (university) have been analyzed, which made it is possible to conclude that such an educational environment is a combination of material factors of the educational process and interpersonal relations, which are set up by the subjects of education in the process of pedagogical interaction. The article also confirms that the analysis of the practical activity of higher educational institutions (in particular, Kyiv International University) in the process of pedagogical modeling a system approach is very effective. Therefore, depending on the psychological microclimate, the educational process can take place in an atmosphere of interaction and cooperation. The text as well proves that high-quality educational environment can exists only under the condition of equal access to educational resources for each person in a convenient way and time.