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1 Educational and Scientific Institute of Culture and Arts, 
Sumy State Pedagogical University named after A. S. Makarenko, Ukraine (corresponding author)
E-mail: tokarenkonat@gmail.com
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2598-4336
2 Research Institute Social Cohesion (RISC), 
Section Hannover, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany
E-mail: johannes.crueckeberg@uni-hildesheim.de
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6850-1168 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.30525/2661-5150/2022-3-6

FORMATION OF A NEW EDUCATIONAL PARADIGM  
OF SOCIO-CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF UKRAINE  

IN THE NEW HISTORICAL DISCOURSE
Nataliia Zlenko1, Crückeberg Johannes2

Abstract. The article deals with the formation of a new educational paradigm of socio-cultural development of  
Ukraine in the new historical discourse. Nowadays it is impossible to determine a single determinant of the 
development of human society. In the system of humanities there are different concepts of the determining  
factors of social development, but, according to the authors, the priority place in the formation of a new system 
of social relations and global development is occupied by socio-cultural factors. This problem is becoming  
increasingly important and requires serious socio-empirical research and scientific analysis. The article is an 
attempt to substantiate the need to define a new paradigm in education, caused by the factors of socio-cultural 
development, even in the most difficult period for Ukraine. The article identifies the socio-cultural determinants 
of the educational paradigm in modern Ukrainian realities. Social being and processes of culture formation are in 
dialectical unity. Evidence of this unity is the presence of social determinants in culture. Among the main factors  
that influence its development is heredity, that is, the connection of generations. That is why socio-cultural  
factors play a leading role in the overall impact on the development of society and the management system in 
particular. The main features of the project of socio-cultural development of Ukrainian society include: creation of 
the Institute of Science; emergence of an "intermediate environment" and qualitative change of the educational 
institution itself. Educational innovations have become especially relevant since the beginning of the large-scale 
war unleashed by the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine. The functioning of the education system 
under martial law is characterized by an intensive search for new approaches to education, innovative forms  
of organization of the educational process, effective pedagogical and information technologies. For example, 
students from all over Ukraine who have access to the Internet can use the materials of the school "Optima" after 
registration, the team of the online school "Grand Expo" has opened access to 532 case lessons for the period  
of martial law in Ukraine, the Center for Distance Education "A+" conducts lessons in ZOOM for all children 
of Ukraine. In wartime, it is also important to create a protected educational environment and organize the  
educational process, especially for those children who have suffered psychological trauma. For the modern 
Ukrainian society, higher education is determined as the foundation of personal development, a priority 
area of state policy, so it is not accidental that scientists are interested in the study of various aspects of the 
functioning of higher education. From the point of view of socio-cultural planning, higher education should be 
considered as a project aimed at shaping the worldview of the individual, equipping him/her with knowledge,  
educating a patriot and citizen of the state. And since these strategic tasks are a contribution to the future,  
the future of the people and culture will depend on their implementation. Under the influence of the processes  
of socio-cultural transformations, scientific knowledge should become a tool that will allow to respond  
decisively to the modern challenges of society. And it will become a solid foundation for further development and 
prosperity of Ukraine in the world.

Key words: socio-cultural determinant, educational paradigm, historical discourse, socio-cultural development, 
war in Ukraine.

JEL Classification: М14, D61, I31, I38, Z10



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1. Introduction
It is a well-known fact that the 21st century is  

marked by the intensive development of the 
new forms of information and communication  
technologies. New scientific achievements and the 
general global health situation lead to the need to  
adopt new non-standard solutions and reform 
the education sector as a whole. This situation has  
become especially acute in Ukraine since February 
2022, when a full-scale war between Ukraine and 
Russia began. According to statistical estimates,  
almost 6 million people were forced to leave the 
country, and almost 10 million people became 
internally displaced. Among them, the vast majority  
are women, children, adolescents and young people of 
pre-conscription age, and this is exactly the contingent 
of the educational environment.

The introduction of prolonged quarantine  
restrictions earlier, as well as military actions in  
Ukraine for an indefinite period, force educational 
institutions to look for new forms of education. And 
not just to move from the usual offline face-to-face 
education to blended and distance learning, but to 
launch new forms of transmission and preservation of 
Ukrainian culture and traditions. There is an urgent 
need to invent innovative forms in conditions of  
limited resources and opportunities.

The educational process of youth coincides with 
the period of formation of value consciousness, its 
moral and professional qualities. And now, more than 
ever, in order to support statehood and Ukrainian self-
identification, there is a need to create a socio-cultural 
educational environment that adheres to the principles 
of tolerance, creativity, interpersonal communication  
in order to reproduce the values and cultural norms of 
Ukrainian society, consolidation and dissemination of 
cultural innovations around the world (Zlenko, 2020).

It is impossible to determine a single determinant 
of human society development. In the system of 
humanities, there are different concepts regarding the 
determinants of social development, but, according 
to the authors, socio-cultural factors occupy a priority 
place in the formation of a new system of social  
relations and global development. This problem is 
becoming increasingly relevant and requires serious 
socio-empirical research and scientific analysis.

The article is an attempt to substantiate the need 
to define a new paradigm in education, caused by the 
factors of socio-cultural development, even in the  
most difficult period for Ukraine.

2. Determination of socio-cultural 
determinants of the educational paradigm  
in modern Ukrainian realities

Education and upbringing are the most important 
issues of human existence, as they have a direct and 

immediate connection with its evolution. Revealing  
the inner essence of man and shaping his character,  
they form the man himself. That is why much  
attention has always been paid to them. The fate of 
both an individual and the entire Universe depends  
on them. All nations and states always care 
about preparing a generation that meets modern  
requirements in the person of their children.

The works of foreign scientists who study the 
problems of national identity and its upbringing are 
based on the theory of social identity, civic identity, 
because a person in the process of education presents 
himself as a member of society, organization, state 
(R . Brown, M. Petchen, G. Harris, J. Cameron etc.); 
on the processes of identification of a person with  
their nation and demonstration of belonging to their 
nation (S. Salfet, R . Ayala, A. Mummendey, A. Klink, 
etc.); on the determination of the European national 
identity, that affirms the existence of the European 
nation in its real and abstract senses (M. Hroch).

It is also possible to draw a parallel with the ideas of 
the famous Ukrainian thinker Ivan Franko, who paid 
considerable attention to the problem of the general 
progress of Ukrainian society and, above all, self-
organization at the community level. He emphasized 
that the social self-realization of Ukrainians is  
absolutely necessary in the context of the general 
development of human civilization, but at the same  
time it is an integral, "organic", "natural" component 
of the process of "emancipation of the human unit" 
(I. Franko, 1986). Without individual development 
and growth in the spiritual sense, general socio-
cultural development and any manifestations of social 
interaction and self-organization are impossible.

In this aspect, it is appropriate to use the concepts 
of "sociocultural sphere", "sociocultural space", 
"sociocultural dynamics" introduced into scientific 
circulation by the famous sociologist P. Sorokin as 
components of his integral sociocultural system.  
It is important to understand the deep meaning of  
all these phenomena of sociocultural direction. 
P. Sorokin himself emphasizes that they do not need  
to be explained in terms of the psychological 
characteristics of their members, and even vice versa, 
"psychological characteristics should be explained 
in terms of the properties of the socio-cultural  
interaction in the matrix of which they are  
embedded." (Zhyvohliadova, 2020) Thus, the  
structural and dynamic properties of a social system  
are not a simple sum of individuals.

Interaction changes their biological and psycho-
logical characteristics and produces socio-cultural 
reality, so the researcher considers society and 
culture as a single phenomenon through the prism of  
which all forms of human life should be studied.

A similar position is also taken by P. Bourdieu, a well-
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field. His social space is a kind of ensemble of various 
fields, including political, religious, economic, cultural, 
ethnic, which live according to their own laws. 
He interprets space as a field of forces, or rather – 
"a set of objective relations of forces that are imposed 
on everyone who enters it, and which are not reduced 
to the intentions of individual agents, as well as  
to their interaction." (Bourdieu, 2005) In fact, this 
concept resonates with the socio-cultural space 
of P. Sorokin with an emphasis on the uniqueness 
and objectivity of the interaction process itself.  
Obviously, P. Bourdieu offers his version of the  
classical structure of the social system, in which 
traditionally there are three spheres: economic,  
political and spiritual, which are actually closely 
intertwined.

The question of the structure of the social system  
is directly related to the problem of determining the  
main factors of development of both the system as  
a whole and its individual component, in this case –  
public administration. In this paper, the authors 
substantiate their position on socio-economic factors, 
defining them as derivatives of socio-cultural factors. 
As for the classical system of political factors, they 
are associated, on the one hand, with the processes of  
gaining, retaining, transferring power and struggle 
for it, and on the other – with the development and 
implementation of state policy. The analysis and 
consideration of the influence of the political factor on 
the process of forming a new educational paradigm is 
important and relevant for understanding the widest 
range of socio-cultural system and socio-cultural 
dynamics, since it is based on the following socio-
cultural processes: citizens' trust in government, 
political activity, responsibility of the state and local 
governments, activity and level of development  
of civil society, the rule of law, the level of freedom 
and justice in society, the level of civic culture  
(Atamanyuk, 2017).

Now these factors are the most important for the 
formation of Ukrainian mentality and identity of 
Ukrainians. These factors played the most important 
role in the formation of the defense forces and army of 
Ukraine.

In the processes of social interaction, such a factor 
as social capital plays an extremely important role. 
P. Bourdieu, who, in fact, introduced this concept  
into scientific circulation, defines it as a system of  
existing social relations. He emphasizes that the main 
driving force of economic development is human 
resources, and the level of education and cultural 
development in general are the determining factors 
of all processes of social dynamics, in particular,  
economic and political subsystems. Therefore, from 
his point of view, the most significant component 
of social capital is cultural capital. Through cultural  
capital, the main goal of reforming the modern  

education system can be realized – the transition  
from a complex vertical structure to simple 
organizations consisting of a horizontal network of 
autonomous self-governing communities. Power is 
determined by the degree of ownership of capital,  
and capital can be different (Bourdieu, 2005). Thus,  
the researcher demonstrates the unity and 
interdependence of such important concepts as  
power and political relations; capital and economic 
relations with the concept of "culture" in its broad  
sense, which unites all the knowledge, skills and  
system of values developed by a particular society.

Social existence and processes of culture formation 
are in dialectical unity. Evidence of this unity is the 
presence of social determinants in culture. Among  
the main factors that influence its development 
is heredity, that is, the connection of generations.  
The influence of culture on its future development 
is considered by researchers as one of the "internal 
mechanisms of cultural dynamics". Without this, 
cultural development and formation of national  
culture is impossible (Hook, 2019).

First of all, it is appropriate to note that we interpret 
the concept of "culture" as a unique phenomenon  
that generally covers all human activity and the 
entire system of human relations. Culture is a kind of 
mechanism that is built into the information process 
and produces and broadcasts socially significant 
information. In other words, the product of culture 
is social information, that is produced and stored in  
society with the help of symbolic means. According  
to the famous Dutch researcher H. Hofstede, it 
is the Software of the Mind (Hofstede, Hofstede, 
Minkov, 2010). And although human behavior is only  
partially determined by its mental programs,  
a person has a basic ability to deviate from them and 
react differently: in a new, creative, destructive or 
unexpected way. At the same time, culture has always 
been a collective phenomenon, common to people 
who live or have lived in the same social environment. 
It consists of unwritten rules of the social game. It is 
therefore a collective programming of consciousness 
that distinguishes members of one group or category 
of people from others. In addition, each individual 
community has the ability to preserve its distinctive 
culture for generations to come, despite the diverse and 
numerous forces of change, because the deeper layers 
remain stable and they are the core of this identity.

That is why socio-cultural factors play a leading  
role in the overall impact on the development of  
society and the management system in particular.

So, the task of their classification arises.
Cultural qualities, hidden in socially conscious 

individuals and societies, are manifested in all 
achievements of human civilization and form a  
complex socio-cultural space, which is characterized  
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knowledge, religious beliefs, its own worldview and  
its own unique system of values (Kostiuk, 2022).

In the modern world, empirical studies of the  
problem of values and value expectations, which 
are the semantic core of each individual cultural  
organism, are becoming increasingly widespread. 
Among such empirical studies, one of the most  
popular and effective today are cross-cultural studies  
in the direction of the process of globalization of 
humanity as a whole and each country separately.

Two main tasks of cross-cultural research were  
clearly formulated by the researcher E. Aronson.  
The first task is to find out to what extent a certain 
psychological phenomenon or process is considered 
universal and can be applied to explain the behavior  
and understanding of the psyche of all people on 
the planet. The second goal is to find differences  
between people belonging to different cultures and to 
explore how culture affects basic mental phenomena 
and processes (Aronson, Wilson, Eickert, 2002). 
Considering these important tasks, such well-known 
researchers as S. Schwartz, G. Hofstede, R . Inglegart  
have developed original practical methods, on the 
basis of which comparative studies are conducted 
to determine the value system of coordinates in  
different countries in the conditions of globalization  
in the modern world.

The generalization of the developments of all the 
above-mentioned researchers allowed the authors 
to form their own classification of the main socio-
cultural factors that influence the development of  
management and the formation of statehood at the 
present stage. According to the authors, the basis  
of any processes of a certain society is, first of all, the 
historical factor. Understanding of the whole complex 
social system at the present stage of existence of 
the Ukrainian state is impossible without a deep 
historical excursion and analysis of the processes of 
state-building in the past, the processes of formation 
of public consciousness. However, it is appropriate 
to emphasize that a true historical analysis does not  
simply consist in ascertaining historical facts, but 
requires a detailed rethinking of key ideas, basic  
values, which have a decisive influence on the  
formation of the entire complex system of social 
interaction of modern societies (Petrova, 2007).

The following three factors in the classification of 
the authors of the work are so intertwined that it is 
advisable to combine them into a subgroup called 
"socio-psychological basis of public administration".

However, they belong to the cohort of socio-
cultural factors, since we adhere to the position of  
P. Sorokin that psychological characteristics are  
part of the overall socio-cultural matrix of society.  
In fact, this is a deepening into the layers of the  
collective unconscious of the nation, the analysis 
of which is extremely important for understanding 

the specifics of the value core of culture, on which 
a particular society has grown and formed its own 
original system of social relations.

Three components of this socio-psychological base 
were identified: 1) mentality; 2) collective memory;  
3) national and cultural identity.

Mentality is a special way of thinking, specific 
to a certain community, not always conscious; it is  
a system of values that is lived, but not prescribed 
(they are the deep basis of the experience of  
coexistence of a certain community). It is formed, first 
of all, as a component of the psychological base of  
social being of a person of a certain culture. It is  
about the ability of human consciousness to perceive 
the world within certain limits, a kind of matrix,  
on the basis of which the system of values, manner 
of behavior, way of perceiving the world and 
other important components of the socio-cultural 
supersystem are formed.

According to researcher M. Halbwachs, the collective 
memory is defined as an active past that shapes our 
identity. The researcher associates the process by  
which individual memories are integrated into  
collective memory with tradition, which preserves, 
consolidates or modifies social boundaries: "our 
individual thinking is able to remember only because  
it is located within this social framework and  
participates in collective memory." (Hofstede,  
Hofstede, Minkov, 2010)

The author considers the "social framework" as 
an integral system of social values, traditions, ideals 
that outline the boundaries of a person's worldview 
in accordance with the social group with which he 
identifies himself.

Cultural and national identity, being formed in 
a certain socio-cultural environment in a specific  
spatial and temporal continuum, is based on a  
conscious choice and depends on the rational  
awareness of the individual, ethnic group, nation of 
common historical, political and civil values. 

This group of factors, which constitutes the socio-
psychological basis of the socio-cultural matrix,  
directly affects the formation of the worldview of  
society, which occurs at the highest, visible level.  
The system of values, which is established in the course 
of historical development and deep psychological 
processes, is the basis of national and cultural identity 
and the main manifestation of mentality, penetrating 
into the deeper layers of the psyche with the 
determining vector of collective memory and laying  
the foundations of the worldview of society. Through 
the value component of the worldview, the civic  
culture of society is established, the specifics of  
economic activity are manifested and social capital 
is formed, which in the complex of social interaction 
directly affect the system of state-building, therefore they 
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3. Main features of the project  
of socio-cultural development  
of Ukrainian society 

At the same time, the transformation of education 
is a direct consequence of the changes that are  
taking place in culture. Therefore, "the crisis in the 
educational process, and not only in Ukraine, is 
a reflection of the general spiritual crisis at the turn of 
the millennium. On the other hand, transformational 
phenomena in education occur under the influence 
of internal factors, that is, caused by innovative  
processes in the educational and pedagogical activity 
itself." (Hook, 2019)

According to the authors, among the socio-
cultural factors that served as a source of formation of 
a qualitatively new education system, it is advisable  
to highlight the following (Ivanii, Vertel, 2020):
– the emergence of the institute of science;
– the emergence of an "intermediate environment" 
related to the consolidation of knowledge in the 
word, which includes printing, means of copying  
information, means of preservation (libraries), 
reproduction and conservation of knowledge in the 
form of a printed word;
– the qualitative change in the institution of education 
itself.

Education together with science are becoming the 
main dominants in society.

Education in the 21st century is continuous, as 
a person has the opportunity to study throughout 
his life, it is also multi-level and paid. The continuity 
of education is determined by the informatization of 
society, the need for constant updating of knowledge, 
technology and professional development. Multilevel 
education corresponds to the idea of its continuity. 
On the one hand, it provides a variety of educational 
needs of a person for personal development and 
self-realization, and on the other – its professional  
training, which should become the basis for changing 
social status.

Since knowledge is the most important resource  
in the information society, it is for possessing it 
that one should pay. Science is a special sphere of 
spiritual culture. Science is "a branch of culture that 
is associated with specialized activities to create 
a system of knowledge about nature, society and man." 
(Prokopenko, Omelyanenko, 2018) Science is one of 
the most important determinants of spiritual culture. 
"Its special place in spiritual culture is determined  
by the importance of knowledge in the way of human 
existence in the world, in practice, in the material 
transformation of the world." (Ivanovska, 2018)

Hook O. (2019) notes that classical European 
education has lost its spiritual values, it is aimed at 
ensuring the development of only professional and 
intellectual abilities, ignoring the moral qualities 

of the individual. Not only education has changed,  
the meaning of its acquisition for the majority of 
young people has also changed. Its pragmatic nature 
becomes more and more obvious: to get a highly  
paid profession, to make a career, to achieve  
success, etc. The transformation of values is  
reflected in the changing attitude of young people 
to education. The value of highly skilled labor  
has increased, especially in commercial structures. 
"By the level of importance among the values of  
labor activity, the factor of high salary came to the  
first place."(Ivanii, 2020) If once the specialty was 
chosen by the call of the soul, now people appeal  
more to the material side of life, choose a specialty  
that would bring money and material support in the 
future. So, now education has become one of the  
means to achieve material well-being. Therefore,  
the question is whether education remains a dialogue 
in search of truth or is just a form of adaptation  
to the changing conditions of the social environment.

In the conditions of modern Ukraine, there is  
a socio-cultural adaptation of citizens to two 
contradictory processes of modernization (Western-
style) and traditionalist national-restorative nature.

4. Development of Ukrainian educational  
space under martial law

Ukraine's access to the path of innovative economic 
development has led to the modernization of all 
sectors, including the educational sphere. Educational 
institutions that implement innovative developments 
in their activities, actively use the achievements of 
science, are the driving force behind the promotion  
of innovative development and the necessary  
essential transformations in the education system.

The development of innovative technologies  
becomes the basis for large-scale educational reforms 
that turn education into a productive sector of the 
economy.

The fundamental principles of educational changes, 
defined by the Concept of the New Ukrainian School, 
explain the ideology of transformations in education, 
outlined by the Laws of Ukraine "On Education",  
"On Complete General Secondary Education" and 
the main directions of its reform to create a new 
modern educational environment, prerequisites for  
innovation, introduced by the new State Standards 
of all levels of education. The educational process 
can be considered perfect only when it provides not 
only successful satisfaction of today 's social demands, 
but also defines general approaches to solving 
the problems of the future. The formation of the  
intellectual elite of the nation (scientists, researchers, 
public figures, innovators-entrepreneurs) is another 
basic component of the development of education,  
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and Hi-tech, the introduction of STEM-education, 
equipping of appropriate laboratories, raising the 
status of the teacher as a professional elite of the  
nation (Ivanovska, Shulgina, 2018).

Innovation in education is considered as a realized 
innovation in the content, methods, techniques 
and forms of educational activities and personal 
development (such as methods, technologies), in the 
content and forms of management of the education 
system, as well as in the organizational structure of 
educational institutions, in the means of education 
and upbringing, in approaches to social services in 
education.

The spread of innovative technologies in the field  
of education has become an objective regularity 
determined by the new philosophy of education. 
Innovations should be considered as effective and 
productive in the content, methods, means and 
forms of education and upbringing of the individual, 
in the management of the education system, in 
the organization of the educational process, in the  
structure of educational institutions.

Innovations became especially relevant with the 
beginning of the large-scale war unleashed by the 
Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine,  
when it became vital to make quick, non-standard, 
essentially innovative decisions.

The functioning of the education system under 
martial law is characterized by an intensive search 
for new approaches to education, innovative forms 
of organization of the educational process, effective 
pedagogical and information technologies. That is why 
the support of active implementation of innovations  
in the educational sphere during the war has  
become one of the key areas of work of the Ministry of 
Education and Science of Ukraine and its subdivisions.

It is worth noting that in this difficult time,  
educators themselves have become more active in  
finding ways to solve problems in the organization of 
education of students. Many educational institutions 
have opened platforms with their educational  
materials for free access. For example, school- 
children from all over Ukraine who have access to 
the Internet, after registration, can use the materials 
of "Optima-school" – an educational online platform  
from the scientific lyceum named after Klim 
Churyumov. For the period of martial law in Ukraine, 
the Grand-Expo online school team has opened  
access to 532 case lessons that can help children  
learn, develop, and distract from the problems  
associated with the war. For the same period 
"Atmospherna school" has offered to join the "Listener" 
package free of charge. Distance education center A+ 
conducts ZOOM lessons for all children of Ukraine 
(Scarlet, 2022).

In the conditions of war, the issues of creating 
a comfortable educational environment and organizing 

the educational process have become important, 
especially for those children who have suffered 
psychological trauma. With the support of Olena 
Zelenska, the National Program of Mental Health  
and Psychosocial Support was launched to provide 
psycho-emotional support to the population during  
the war, to train teachers to work with children. 

To assist the specialists of the psychological service 
of the education system of Ukraine, a cross-cutting 
educational program on extracurricular valeological 
education "Fundamentals of life safety in the  
conditions of hostilities" and methodological recom-
mendations for this program were developed, the 
best practices of psychological and pedagogical 
support and support of participants in the educational 
process in the conditions of hostilities and armed 
conflicts, such as: "Stress as a resource", "Psychological  
support and support for adults and children in crisis 
situations: workshop", "Features of the organization of 
distance learning in martial law", "First psychological 
assistance to participants of the educational  
process during and after the end of hostilities",  
"Self-help under stress", "Palms of Peace" and others 
(Scarlet, 2022).

Both during the war and after its end, the main  
task of the education sector is to ensure the quality 
of education at all levels. Therefore, it is quite natural 
to conduct scientific research in education and 
implement their results in practice, introduce innovative 
technologies, provide educational institutions with 
new teaching aids, scientific, methodological and 
educational literature.

5. Socio-cultural design  
of the educational paradigm of Ukraine

Higher education for modern Ukrainian society is 
defined as the foundation of personal development, 
a priority area of state policy, so the interest of  
scientists in the study of various aspects of the 
functioning of higher education is not accidental.  
From the point of view of socio-cultural planning,  
it is also possible to consider higher education as a  
project aimed at shaping the worldview of the  
individual, providing him/her with knowledge, 
educating a patriot and citizen of the country. These 
strategic tasks are a great contribution, because the  
future of people and culture depends on their 
implementation.

The scientists N. Ivanovska, V. Shulgina, and 
O. Yakovlev rightly note, that the sociocultural design 
is an organic synthesis of cultural and social aspects  
of human existence, aimed at the development 
of society on the basis of innovative technologies  
together with the preservation of the peculiarities of 
the national mentality and archetypes of the culture  
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activities (Іvanovska, Shulgina, Yakovlev, 2018). 
Specifying these types of activities, it can be noted 
that innovative activity is the implementation of  
socio-cultural projects in modern Ukrainian society,  
and research – in the implementation of the project 
concept as a technology, mechanism. According 
to I. Petrova, design is interpreted as a set of  
interdependent measures aimed at achieving of the 
certain goal with the limited time, budget, personnel 
and other resources (Petrova, 2007). 

Within the framework of design theory, it is 
determined that higher education is a design of socio-
cultural development of modern Ukrainian society, 
which is due to the following features:
– purposefulness: in a broad sense – the functioning 
of the higher education system is aimed at innovative 
development of the country, self-realization of 
the individual, meeting the needs of society, the 
labor market and the state in qualified specialists.  
In a narrow sense, it is aimed at mastering by a  
particular person the knowledge, skills, abilities, 
acquisition of views, values and other personal  
qualities that are defined within each specific  
educational program as program learning outcomes;
– integrity – is ensured by the functioning of the 
educational environment, or, according to the  
theory of socio-cultural design, the life field, which 
provides not only opportunities for the formation 
of an individual educational trajectory of each 
student, but also provides for the encouragement 
of students to participate in socio-cultural projects, 
academic mobility programs, including international. 
This contributes to the development of the cultural  
potential of our country, the growth of its positive  
image in the international arena: foreign citizens 
enter our higher education institutions, in particular, 
educational programs in the field of knowledge  
02 Culture and Art, 024 Choreography, 025 Musical 
Art, 028 Management of socio-cultural activities;
– limited in time and space – this feature is fixed in each 
specific educational program at each educational level;
– innovativeness – higher education as a project of  
socio-cultural development of modern Ukrainian  
society is constantly improving, thanks to the 
development of scientists on topical issues, the 
introduction of distance learning technologies, the 
implementation of student-centered learning. For 
example, many universities successfully operate a 
distance learning system based on the Microsoft 
Office 365 (Teams) platform. The innovative nature of  
modern higher education is determined by the objective 
reasons for the evolutionary development of society;
– adaptability to external conditions – even in the 
context of both the coronavirus pandemic and the 
armed military aggression launched by Russia, higher 
education continues to function – Ukrainian higher 
education institutions have been relocated from the 

temporarily occupied territories, the educational 
process has been launched in a distance form, 
academic staff and students demonstrate their own 
active civic position, mutual respect, partnership. This 
leads to another important aspect – communication 
techniques and the ability to use partner technologies 
are important for project implementation. The project 
environment, its participants, project team members, 
stakeholders generate a huge number of relationships 
and information flows.

6. Conclusions 
Despite the difficult conditions in which Ukraine 

is today, innovative and experimental activities 
in the education system continue, and its result is 
a new pedagogical thinking, new pedagogical ideas,  
forms of education and models of organization of the 
educational process.

The proposed model of socio-cultural factors  
of the country 's development is presented as a kind 
of matrix of socio-cultural reality, the basis of which  
is the formed system of basic social values. The  
authors believe that the main socio-cultural factors 
that influence the development of the country are the 
historical factor as the basis for the development of 
any social processes; mentality, collective memory 
and national-cultural identity as components of the 
deep psychological base, which in their unity form 
the worldview as a determining socio-cultural factor 
of development, since it is based on a system of value 
coordinates. It is the worldview that is manifested  
at the level of social interaction in society, 
where a group of such important socio-cultural 
factors as civic culture, economic activity, social 
capital directly affect the formation of the  
state's identity.

The model of the National Technopark of  
Education Quality Improvement, presented by 
the Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine  
S. Scarlet in 2021, is of particular importance for the 
further development and reform of the country and  
the development of the New Ukrainian School. The  
ideas of the National Technopark are relevant today,  
in the conditions of war, as they relate to the 
implementation of improving the quality of education; 
development of the intellectual elite of the nation; 
creation of a safe environment for life and health; 
transformation of the education management system.

Therefore, higher education today is a global socio-
cultural project for the development of modern 
Ukrainian society, the strategic objectives of which  
are the formation of a personality that assimilates 
socio-cultural norms of behavior that have cultural  
and historical significance.

Thus, the essential features of the modern  
education system are determined primarily by the 



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compliance of the modernization of educational 
processes with global socio-cultural transformations  
of the general civilizational nature of the post- 
industrial model. The theoretical and methodological 
basis of the strategy of educational reforms in Ukraine 
is the development of post-non-classical principles of 
functioning and development of education. The basis 
for further research of the problem is the analysis of 

the mechanisms of influence of post-non-classical 
methodology on the practice of educational reforms. 
Under the influence of socio-cultural transformation 
processes, scientific knowledge should become a tool 
that will allow to respond decisively to the modern 
challenges of society. And it will become a solid 
foundation for further development and prosperity of 
Ukraine in the world.

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Received on: 9th of September, 2022
Accepted on: 14th of October, 2022
Published on: 31th of October, 2022