PHENOMENON OF COMPETITION IN THE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT

The article presents the results of a study of the phenomenon of competition in scientific work and a conceptual consideration of this phenomenon as a distinct institution showing all elements of such a distinction: the designation of boundaries and forms of scientific competition. The work provides substantiation for the need to differentiate between the competitiveness of scientific research and that of a researcher and, at the same time, for the need to examine these definitions comprehensively from the standpoint of their dialectical unity. The results of the research prove that the presence of competition in the academic environment is a positive phenomenon as it requires ensuring high competitiveness, i.e., high quality of the scientific works of various subjects - researchers both in a single subject area and in interdisciplinary directions.