Comparative Analysis of Educational Programs for the Training of Masters of Management in the Education Field in the Universities of the USA and Ukraine

Abstract

The article is grounded on the author’s study of national educational practices for training masters of management which is based on the study of official websites of Ukrainian universities and educational programs for students of higher education of the second (master's) level of specialty 073 "Management" (Management of an educational institution), analysis of scientific works on training masters of management in the USA and the analysis of official websites of higher education institutions of the USA. The comparative analysis of educational programs for training masters of management in the educational field at universities of the USA and Ukraine was carried out. The analysis of the scientific literature, which characterizes and compares the structure and management system of higher education in the USA and Ukraine, the study of regulatory documents, that regulate educational activities at the second (master's) level of education, provided an opportunity to determine the peculiarities of approaches to the master's training of managers in the field of education in these countries. On the basis of the comparative analysis of directions, terms, methods of training, the target component, the structure of blocks and the subject matter of content components of educational programs, common and distinctive features in the preparation of masters of management in the educational field in the universities of the USA and Ukraine were identified, and directions for improvement of domestic training programs were determined. According to the obtained results, it was concluded that domestic universities are guided by the current standard of higher education of Ukraine in this specialty for formulating the purpose of the educational programs. The attention is focused on the technological aspects of management of educational institutions in the substantive components of the programs. The educational programs of US universities differ in their greater variability, which emphasizes the directing of the learning strategy of the universities educational programs to the needs of the program users.