The expediency of research on the problem of optimizing the educational environment management in higher educational institutions with specific learning conditions that train officers for professional activities considering the gender aspect is due to a number of factors, the main one of which is Ukraine’s desire to integrate into the European and world space, where for the most part is the management of various spheres, including educational one, takes into account the gender principle of equality.

The purpose of the article The purpose of the article is to outline the ways to optimize the educational environment management of higher educational institutions with specific learning conditions, taking into account the gender component in the educational process.

Results. The article notes that in order to form a future officer as a person and as a representative of the intellectual resource of society, educational management of higher educational institutions with specific learning conditions should take into account the latest approaches, including the gender-oriented one, in order to implement the philosophy of the XXI-st century education.

It is concluded that the optimization of educational environment of higher educational institutions with specific learning conditions taking into account the gender marker leads to positive results, namely: overcoming certain socio-pedagogical contradictions, significant contribution to improving the methodological principles of future officers’ training; accelerating the development of a culture of relations between male and female officers on the basis of mutual respect, tolerance, etc.

Value. The introduction of a gender component in the educational institutions management with specific learning conditions will ensure the officers’ formation of the new formation, who by their professional and personal qualities will be ready to perform various difficult tasks and decisions making in difficult life situations, and their professional competence will meet the requirements of international educational standards.

Key words: gender, principle of gender equality, gender marker, optimization of educational process, education management.

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