DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN GREAT BRITAIN

Made digression to history of development of higher pedagogical education in Great Britain, starting from 40-ies of XX century. Training secondary school teachers after the second World war in Great Britain in higher education was characterized by the creation of a binary system of pedagogical education. In the 70s – 80s years of the twentieth century was a turning point in the development of the British teacher education. One of the trends of development of education in the late twentieth century (90 years) was the transition from elite to mass higher education. The modern development of the educational system in Great Britain is determined by legislative and regulatory base, which was formed in the last 20–25 years. It includes: «the Law on education reform», «Law on standardization of school education», «On further and higher education» and so on. In Great Britain there are teaching faculty are of two types – the first type function of the department, which organizes educational and scientific activities; in the second type operate in the following departments: teacher education, teacher training, department of graduate and doctoral programs. Recently, the department of pedagogy have a structure approaching to the second type. The main objectives of universities in Great Britain, which are as follows: meeting the needs of the individual in intellectual, moral, and cultural development in the process of obtaining higher education; the preservation of the moral, cultural and scientific values of the society; addressing the needs of the economy and society in qualified specialists with higher education; organization and conducting fundamental and applied research. Competitiveness, market approaches and the involvement of the private sector was considered not only as a means of reducing costs but also as a means to control and improve the quality of educational activities.