INNOVATIVE EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES IN THE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM OF GEORGIA.

Today the special attention is paid to development of innovative capacity of the higher education. Innovative educational technologies mean purposeful, intelligent change of pedagogical activity (and managements of this activity) through development and introduction in educational institutions pedagogical and administrative innovations: new content of training, education, management; new ways of work, new means, new forms of organization. This article shows the understanding of innovations in the higher education of Georgia and through consideration the main characteristics forming "a portrait of innovative educational institution". Various levels of innovations depending on degree of novelty of elements of educational practice are allocated. Constructive characteristics of innovations, which can act as criteria of innovations in education are described. Activity, design, competence-based innovative educational approaches and technologies corresponding to them are considered. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]