Innovative Strategies and Technologies in University Education: a Systematic Review of Contemporary Research

Modern university education is aimed at training competitive specialists capable of ensuring sustainable socioeconomic development of the country. The realization of this goal is possible subject to the integration of innovative strategies and training technologies that meet the new challenges and trends of the global educational system. The purpose of the study was to study and systematize innovative strategies and technologies for training specialists. The main areas of research were: identification of priority strategies for introducing innovations, research dynamics on this problem, systematization of the semantic blocks of publications on the problem of integrating innovative strategies and technologies. Content analysis and thematic analysis of publications of the journal “Pedagogical Sciences” of the MDPI data platform SCOPUS and the database of journals in the direction of “Education, Pedagogical Sciences,” recommended for publication by the Committee for Quality Assurance in Science and Higher Education of the Ministry of Higher Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan. A comparative analysis of the international and Kazakhstani databases of publications made it possible to identify the specifics of the semantic and substantive blocks of Kazakhstani research and priorities in the use of educational technologies. The value of the study lies in determining the prospects for integrating the world experience of innovation into the higher education system of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The practical significance of the study lies in the possibility of expanding the range of technologies and teaching methods used by university teachers.

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