Представлены результаты исследования, касающегося ключевой для практики инклюзивного высшего образования проблемы -готовности вузовских преподавателей к обучению инвалидов.При значимых различиях в уровне готовности в зависимости от профессионально-личностных характеристик научно-педагогических работников статус профессорско-преподавательского состава в целом не оптимален в соответствующем аспекте. Это проявляется в недостаточном уровне интериоризации преподавателями инклюзивной образовательной парадигмы, в отсутствии у них научно обоснованных представлений о специфике учебно-познавательной и коммуникативной деятельности студентов-инвалидов и о нормативно-методических и технологических основах их обучения, а также в редуцированности мотивации к повышению квалификации в вопросах инклюзии.Ключевые слова: инклюзивное высшее образование, инвалиды, профессорско-преподавательский состав, научно-педагогические работники вузов, готовность к инклюзивному обучению студентов с инвалидностью.The paper reports on the outcomes of a research that focused on the key element of inclusion in higher education: the readiness of the academic teaching staff to educate students with disabilities. The study revealed a marked difference in the levels of preparation which were linked to the professional and individual characteristics of the teaching staff, as well as a general need for improvement in this aspect. Teachers may lack interiorisation in respect to the paradigm of inclusion, scientifically substantiated knowledge of the specific features that characterise the disabled students' learning and communication activities and the knowledge of methodological and technological foundations of teaching individuals with special needs, and show reduced motivation towards further professional training in the sphere of inclusion.

The paper is devoted to the issue of assessing the range of inclusive teacher competencies by the pedagogical community and their comparative significance for achieving the required learning results by students with disabilities. The paper presents the results of an empirical study aimed at identifying the general and specific in assessing the importance of inclusive competencies of a teacher by various subjects of staffing the inclusive educational process at school. The study involved 983 pedagogical workers employed in mass and correctional schools, as well as in pedagogical universities. They were asked to assess the significance of a set of indicators of the competence of an inclusive teacher, obtained on the basis of an analysis of the texts of 59 approximate basic educational programs for the training of future specialists in the field of inclusion. The results of the study demonstrated that a holistic assessment paradigm has not been formed in the pedagogical community in relation to the inclusive competencies of a teacher, which is expressed in the divergence of the corresponding assessment positions of university teachers who train teachers, teachers of mass and special schools. This confirms the need for further development of the model of inclusive competence of a teacher, its empirical verification and subsequent implementation in educational programs of continuous teacher education in accordance with the rapidly changing conditions of professional activity of teachers in an inclusive school.

The article presents the results of a questionnaire survey in the context of the idea of continuity of school and university education of persons with disabilities. 90 senior students with visual, hearing and motor impairments were the respondents of the survey. The purpose of the survey was to study the motives, preferences and needs of school graduates among disabled people, which determine the choice of their vocational and educational route. The survey reveals features of motivation for professional choice of various categories of enrollees with disabilities and its informational support; assesses the level of these enrollees needs in helping by career counselors; identifies the preferred forms of higher education by persons with disabilities; characterizes the needs of people with disabilities in special equipment and services in obtaining higher education, as well as in adaptation of educational programs in the university. The resulting practical-oriented conclusions concern both purpose and content of the work with disabled enrollees from among school graduates as well as approaches to the organization of higher education for persons with disabilities.