Academic Culture – the Basis of Doctor of Philosophy in Specialty 015 “Professional Education” Preparation

У статті на основі вивчення нормативних документів МОН України, аналізу наукових джерел, практичного досвіду узагальнено концептуальні підходи до освітньо-наукової програми підготовки докторів філософії (PhD) спеціальності 015 «Професійна освіта» (спеціалізація «Викладач-дослідник»). Доводиться, що фахову підготовку майбутніх педагогів-дослідників мають пронизувати цінності академічної культури, що знаходять відображення в культурі розумової праці, академічному дискурсі, етичній культурі, культурі академічного читання, академічного письма, академічної грамотності, академічній риториці та ін. Окреслено підходи, принципи формування академічної культури майбутніх педагогів-дослідників.Analysis of regulatory, scientific sources and practical experience shows that an important condition for the modernization of Ukrainian higher education and its integration into European and world cultural, educational space is the quality and competitiveness of the future teachers and researchers’ training on the third (education and research) level of higher education. The conceptual approaches to education and research training program of doctors of philosophy (PhD) preparation in 015 speciality “Professional Education” (specialization “teacher-researcher”) are overviewed. The program is based on the ideas of the system, competency, marketing, personal and active, cultural, axiological and methodological approaches, it takes into account the provisions of proactive approach to the professional competence of teachers and researchers. It is proved that the professional training of future teachers and researchers must permeate the values of academic culture, the structure of which constitute axiological, motivational, ethics, information and cognitive, praxeological, behavioral-interactive components, each of which is reflected in the culture of thinking, academic discourse, ethical culture, academic reading and writing, literacy, academic discourse and others. Academic culture is also a unique culture of teacher’s action. It is a cultural and educational space of the university that must fulfill with the individual spirituality and value priorities of educational work. Formation of academic culture is based on the personal-active, systematic, competence, axiological, cultural, andragogical approaches, taking into account the principles of contextual learning communicative interactions inside individual liberty, critical self-evaluation. Training, educational work, teaching practice is important to direct on the formation of respect for the teaching profession, respect to young people mentor, and respect to the university. The following publications will consider the experience of training of future teachers and researchers in the universities of Europe, that emphasize the process of forming academic culture in the unity of its components