The development of business education in Ukraine (1991-2025): andragogical approach

The relevance of the problem of applying an andragogical approach to the study of the content and prospects for the development of business education in Ukraine is determined by the current socio-economic and socio-cultural realities of Ukrainian society, as well as globalization trends in the world educational space. Because of this, the formation and development of business education seems to be a natural result of socio-economic, socio-cultural, and personal synergistic processes in the overall development of the education sector of our country. The purpose of the article is to substantiate the main principles of the andragogical approach to analyze the process of development of business education in Ukraine during the period of independence. To achieve this purpose, a set of scientific research methods was used: analysis of scientific sources, synthesis of scientific ideas of national and foreign researchers, comparison of their theoretical statements, classification of the principles of lifelong learning, modelling of educational processes based on modern andragogy, extrapolation of general theoretical considerations to the problem of development of national business education. The study found that national business education is based and developed on the principles of the andragogical approach, and therefore the principles of lifelong learning and their reflection in the business education system in Ukraine are identified: new basic knowledge and skills for everyone; increased investment in human resources; innovative teaching and learning methods; a new system of education assessment; the development of mentoring and counselling; bringing education closer to the place of residence. Three main forms of business education are presented: formal, non-formal, and informal.