Fundamental knowledge 
in the continuing education: methodology and axiology of the problem Cover Image

Фундаментальное знание в непрерывном образовательном процессе: методология и аксиология проблемы
Fundamental knowledge in the continuing education: methodology and axiology of the problem

Author(s): Yury Viktorovich Pushkarev, Elena Aleksandrovna Pushkareva
Subject(s): Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Higher Education , Sociology of Education
Published by: Новосибирский государственный педагогический университет
Keywords: Education; continuing education; life long education; educational technologies; knowledge organization system; knowledge organization system development; value systems

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the methodological and axiological foundations of the problem of correlation of fundamental and specialized knowledge in the context of the emerging continuity educational process in the information society.The article focus is on the existing controversy, when the conceptual and methodological foundations for the study and understanding of the education system prevailing earlier, are used to study education in the information society and knowledge society. It is emphasized that the change of educational processes characteristics in information society is linked by re-searchers to a new definition of continuity education. Education in modern conditions is really a continuous and ongoing throughout a person's life. The authors focus attention on the role of fundamental knowledge in the continuing education development. Continuing education should encourage the development of critical thinking. The article describes the concept and features of fundamental education development. It is emphasized that what is happening in science contradictory processes reflected in education, and fundamental knowledge in education is the basis for developing strategic thinking. The au-thors explain that the professional must create a scientific form of systemic thinking. The con-scious use of philosophical methodology orients accordingly the theory and practice of the edu-cational process. Application of the methods of systematic (scientific) methodology in the field of education promotes optimal scientific balance of this system. In conclusion, the authors consid-er the fundamental axiological foundations of educational knowledge.