THE IDEA OF TEACHING AND RESEARCH COMBINATION IN THE UNIVERSITY ACTIVITIES (ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE EDUCATIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC LEVEL OF THE DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY)

In the article, based on the traditional vision of the university as an educational and research center for highly qualified personnel training, which ensures the continuity of the intellectual activity of the individual on the way to teach skills and high scientific achievements, the results of the implementation of the educational and scientific programs (ESP) «Professional education» and «Secondary education. Labor training and technologies» for the third level of training (doctor of philosophy) are revealed. Taking into account the need to reflect the integrity of methodological, theoretical, and value guidelines of society, an analysis of the ways and means of implementing the idea of the unity of learning, research, and the formation of the personality of a doctor of philosophy as a teacher and scientist in the activities of postgraduate students of Poltava V.G. Korolenko National Pedagogical University within educational and scientific programs (ESP) «Professional education» and «Secondary education. Labor training and technologies» (specialties 015 and 014) at the Faculty of Technology and Design was carried out. Examples of the effective implementation of the provision regarding the integrity of the educational and scientific components of doctor of philosophy training while working on scientific topics, which are managed by leading scientists of the departments of theory and methods of technological education (V. Tytarenko), cultural studies (L. Kravchenko), fundamentals of production and design (E. Kulyk), and relevant scientific schools. The results of postgraduate students’ participation in international and all-Ukrainian conferences, publication data in specialized Ukrainian and international publications and collective monographs, and areas of research approval in institutions of higher and general secondary education of the region and the country are systematized. The university academic council recommendations regarding the improvement of the process of combining education and scientific research in the vocational education and training majors «Professional education» and «Secondary education. Labor training and technologies» are presented.