The ontology of changes in the educational space: A review of articles in the scientific journal «Philosophy of education» (2016–2020). Part 1

Ideas about the ontology of the educational space in the format of philosophical, sociological, and pedagogical sciences are becoming an increasingly widespread discourse in Russian and foreign philosophy of education. The review article aims to comprehend the key provisions of ontological approaches to the study of education. The methodology of the review material is set within the framework of a critical analysis of scientific articles in the scientific journal «Philosophy of education» in the period 2016–2020 based on the analytical frame of the author’s discourses in the form of a summary of a number of basic ideas. The study of research programs for the development of the ontology of education made it possible to identify ideas, theories and concepts that have become fundamental for the prospects for the development of the theory and practice of philosophy of education. Against the background of globalization and unification of educational policy, the ontology of the educational space is considered in relation to social ontology, since it is a part of it and testifies to it. The review of publications in the journal is presented by all regions of the Russian Federation, by authors from more than twenty countries of the world. In total, 416 scientific articles were published in the period from 2016 to 2020. Researchers in the field of humanities and natural sciences are philosophers and political scientists, sociologists and cultural scientists, economists and lawyers, teachers and educators, architects and artists.