RESEARCH METHODOLOGY IN THE INTERDISCIPLINARY DIMENSION OF EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to illuminate the essence of research methodology in the interdisciplinary dimension of educational sciences in order to elevate the functionality of scientific research in the field of education to a higher level.Methods. A set of methods was used to achieve the goals and objectives: analysis, synthesis, systematization, comparison, and generalization, which made it possible to structure the materials of theoretical research, formulate generalizations and conclusions; content analysis – for the quantitative and qualitative tracking of trends in scientific and pedagogical research and identifying hindering factors present in the PhD training.Results. The use of problem-oriented, systemic, competency-based, and axiological approaches has allowed for a comprehensive illumination of the issue outlined in the article, taking into account the current missions and visions of pedagogical science. The theoretical, methodological, and practical aspects relevant to pedagogical science (educational sciences) and educational practices for training future doctors of philosophy (PhDs) have been substantiated; leading directions for overcoming gaps in the scientific component of the educational and scientific program in the field of knowledge “A Education” with a specialty “A1 Educational Sciences” have been summarized. The issues highlighted in the article are characterized within the context of the leading functions of pedagogical science, which expands its scientific field in line with contemporary educational challenges. The problem of improving the scientific training of future doctors of philosophy using the best Ukrainian and foreign educational practices has been actualized; the essence of contradictions in justifying the topics of theoretical and applied dissertations has been revealed; and the interconnections between theoretical, methodological, and technological levels of scientific and pedagogical research have been discussed.A prominent place has been given to the elucidation of the terminological system of interdisciplinary research and its interpretation in the context of contemporary Ukrainian orthography.Conclusions: the generalized primary aspects of research methodology, according to the logic of scientific inquiry, in the unity of their interconnections in the interdisciplinary dimension of the educational sciences, will contribute to the advancement of new knowledge and educational practices based on the latest ideas and concepts about human education in a changing world.