TRENDS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SYSTEM OF CONTINUING EDUCATION IN MODERN CONDITIONS
The paper highlights the development of the concept of continuing education in Russia and abroad at the present stage, in the light of the trends of the need for lifelong learning. The purpose of the article is to analyze research in the field of continuing education from the point of view of the development of human capital, new skills and competencies that enable advanced training and retraining of the population. The article examines the main factors that have a significant impact on the forms and content of the concept of continuing education, analyzes the research of the European Center for the Development of Vocational Education (CEDEFOP). In the same area, the features in the development of the educational space in the Russian Federation are analyzed on the basis of education indicators and data from the Institute for Statistical Studies and the Economics of Knowledge of the National Research University ‚Higher School of Economics‛, Federal State Statistics Service. The authors carried out research of analytical and questionnaire data of the Voronezh Regional State Institution of the Voronezh TSN of the city of Voronezh. Estimates of the motivation of the adult population with the potential for continuous learning, modern problems and tasks are given. Conclusions are drawn about the responsibility of higher educational institutions for the development of lifelong learning, about the place of the concept of continuing education in the overall structure of Russian education.