Kherson State University

Updated: 3/30/2025

In August 2020, the Department of Pedagogy, Psychology, and Educational Management named after Prof. E. Petukhova was included into the structure of the Faculty of Pedagogy. In November 2017, the Department of Pedagogy, Psychology, and Educational Management, along with Kherson State University as a whole, celebrated its 100th anniversary. The faculty and staff celebrated this date with a deep understanding of its immense significance not only for the university but also for the entire southern region of Ukraine. The department has gone through a long path of formation, development, and reorganization, preserving the historical traditions of the famous scientific pedagogical school in Ukraine, and it remains a founder of teacher training in southern Ukraine.

One of the first departments at the Yuriev Teacher's Institute, which was the original name of Kherson State University, was the Department of Pedagogy. The historical development of the department shows that during different periods of societal changes, the Department of Pedagogy expanded its activities. Its development can be conditionally divided into three main periods, which are reflected in its name changes:
1917 – 1999 – Department of Pedagogy,
2000 – 2013 – Department of Pedagogy and Psychology,
2013 – 2017 – Department of Pedagogy, Psychology, and Educational Management.

The longest period historically was the first one, during which there were many societal upheavals. After the foundation of the department, pedagogy was taught by State Advisor Strakhovych F., the first director of the institute. Realizing the importance of this science for teacher training, in the 1920s, a pedagogical cabinet was opened, a pedagogical museum was created, and the first "Notes of the Kherson Institute of Public Education named after N.K. Krupskaya" were printed in two parts. A jubilee collection dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Swiss educator J.H. Pestalozzi was also published with the direct involvement of the department's faculty members, such as Yaroslavenkov S., Mudrolyubov O., and Fedorivskyi K.

During the pre-war period, the methodological search and experimental studies of the department’s staff were focused on introducing the most modern methods and techniques into the educational process, developing new programs, the feature of which was the coordination of all types of classes and their connection to life. Among the areas of educational work, local history and the children’s communist movement were identified.

The faculty members of the department maintained close ties with rural schools: they instructed and consulted rural teachers through correspondence and individual visits during planned field trips by faculty members and students, provided sponsorship assistance to specific schools (especially those where interns worked), and organized and conducted courses for teachers.

A significant part of the Kherson region was involved in civic and educational work: delivering lectures, participating in the children’s communist movement, working with women, conducting local history conferences, etc.

The creative rise of the department’s pedagogical team, the search for new organizational forms of teaching and education, was interrupted by military actions. Starting in August 1941, the institute, and with it the Department of Pedagogy, ceased operations, resuming them only in March 1944.

After the war, the department was joined by veterans of the Great Patriotic War, who not only helped overcome significant difficulties and shortages but also brought with them the spirit of victory, a sense of duty, and became models of discipline. In the post-war years, the Department of Pedagogy employed specialists such as Siomashko K., Becker R., Studenikin O., Romanenko I., Rudenko L., Bugayevych I., Orlov S., Solovyov D., Kon'kov M., Kostylov F., Prilepsky O., Bogdanova Y., Frolova D., Panova A., Morozova L. – all prominent experts in the field of pedagogical science.

Department of Pedagogy in the 1970s – 1980s

A significant contribution to the development of pedagogical science was made by renowned scholars, professors of the Department of Pedagogy: Petukhov E., Kobylyatsky I., and Yeromkin A.

An outstanding domestic educator, the first doctor of pedagogical sciences at the institute, Professor Petukhov E. (Head of the Department of Pedagogy from 1974 to 1985), developed the issues of preventing juvenile delinquency. His dissertation research "Pedagogical Foundations for Preventing Deviations in the Moral Development and Behavior of Schoolchildren" for obtaining the scientific degree of Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences was conducted at the Department of Pedagogy.

Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor Kobylyatsky I. initiated a new direction in pedagogical science – the pedagogy of higher education. The principles of higher education didactics he developed, the methods of teaching and student learning, the role of the university lecture, and the personality of the lecturer-researcher, as well as the organization of independent student work, are still relevant today.

Academician Yeromkin A. researched the scientific problems of individualizing educational and developmental work in student communities, innovative technologies of teaching and upbringing, and the specifics of educating gifted children.

Productive scientific work in all areas of pedagogical science was carried out under the guidance of leading pedagogical scholars who headed the department at various times: Boryshpalets G., Vinnik I., Katrenko G., Petukhov E., Nusinova Zh., Yeromkin A., Kuzmenko V.

At the turn of the 20th – 21st centuries, the Department of Pedagogy focused on the professional formation of a new generation of teachers. The faculty members during this period included leading scholars such as Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, Corresponding Member of the Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine Butenko V., Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor Barbina E., who conducted scientific research in various aspects of the professional training of pedagogical staff for both secondary and higher education.

The department's authority was further enhanced by the practical pedagogical activity and theoretical research conducted by faculty members: PhD in Psychology, Associate Professor Filipova V., PhD in Pedagogy, Associate Professor Nusinova Zh., PhD in Pedagogy, Associate Professor Panchenko O., PhD in Pedagogy, Associate Professor Kondratenko G., PhD in Pedagogy, Associate Professor Dyachkova T., Senior Lecturer Tymofiyenko V., and others.

During this period, under the guidance of the faculty of the Department of Pedagogy and Psychology, students were actively involved in the work of problem groups, scientific and practical student conferences, the preparation of abstracts and creative works in pedagogy, as well as annual preparation for participation in university-wide and nationwide pedagogy Olympiads. The first winners of these events were recognized: Kiyanovskyi A., Tereshchenko N., Zaporozhets O., Abramova Yu., Bondarenko O. (Scientific supervisors – Dyachkova T., Nusinova Zh., Yatsula T.).

The second period of the department's historical development (2000 – 2013) was marked by the appointment of Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor Fedyayeva V. as the head and the reorganization of the Department of Pedagogy into the Department of Pedagogy and Psychology.

Department of Pedagogy and Psychology (September 2000)

At the department, two sections emerged: Pedagogy (headed by Associate Professor Panchenko O.) and Psychology (headed by Associate Professor Filippova V.), which successfully worked on scientific issues such as: the education of Kherson region: history, realities, and development prospects; current issues of the history of pedagogy in Ukraine; teacher training in the system of continuous pedagogical education; socialization of the individual in the context of the democratization of social relations.

At the same time as the reform processes at the department, the professional growth of Professor Fedyaieva V. took place, who from 2002 to 2016 combined the responsibilities of the department head and the vice-rector for scientific work at Kherson State University. Under her leadership, the training of scientific and pedagogical personnel reached a qualitatively new level not only in the department but also at the university. Historical and pedagogical research was popularized, the number of Ph.D. students increased in the department in the specialty 13.00.01 – theory and history of pedagogy (Belan H., Saraieva O., Kravchenko T., Fateieva K., Shcherbina V.), 13.00.04 – theory and methodology of professional education (Samosudova-Grozova O.), and the department's community of lecturers became well-known among Ukrainian scholars.

Over the years of this period, leading scientists of Ukraine were involved in cooperation: Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, Academician of the Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine Sukhomlynska O., Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, Academician of the Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine Yevdokimov V., Doctor of Psychological Sciences, Professor, Academician of the Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine Beh I., Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor Pustovit H., Doctor of Psychological Sciences, Professor Karamushka L., Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor Kalinina L.

The department's staff investigated a variety of scientific issues: aesthetic education (Professor Butenko V., Professor Yatsula T., Associate Professor Butenko N., Associate Professor Babich L., Associate Professor Korolyova I., Assistant Lavryk O.), pedagogical mastery (Professor Barbina E., Associate Professor Kondratenko H., Assistant Stepanova O.), vocational and technical education (Associate Professor Dyachkova T.), history of pedagogy (Professor Fedyaieva V., Associate Professor Nusinova Zh., Associate Professor Stetsenko N.), social pedagogy (Associate Professor Panchenko O.), personal and professional qualities of future teachers (Associate Professor Filippova V., Associate Professor Romanko T., Senior Lecturer Yelkina V., Lecturer Shvydkyi V.), labor education (Professor Kuzmenko V., Professor Slyusarenko N.), tourism and local history (Associate Professor Shipko A.).

During this period, students continued to be actively involved in scientific work. From 2001 to 2003, Kherson State University students won first places in the International Scientific Paper Contest "Ideas of V. Sukhomlynskyi in the 21st Century." For the best student works, the following students received first-degree diplomas: 2001 – Babich O., 2002 – Saraieva O., 2003 – Butenko L. (Scientific supervisor – Associate Professor Kondratenko H.).

Many participants in various pedagogical Olympiads continued to engage in scientific and pedagogical activities and achieved success: Tereshchenko (Stetsenko) N. – Ph.D., Associate Professor, Academic Secretary of the University (2011-2015); Kiyanovsky A. – Ph.D., Director of the KZ "NVC School of Humanitarian Labor of the Kherson Regional Council"; Saraieva O. – Ph.D., Associate Professor.

In the last 10 years, the Department of Pedagogy and Psychology has improved the quality of training students who are prizewinners and winners of pedagogical Olympiads: Kuzio I., Yurina N., Haiduchenko Yu., Klochkova A., Chumachenko M., Burlaka R. Scientific supervisors – Butenko N., Korolyova I., Nusinova Zh., Saraieva O. In addition to prize places, students received certificates and encouraging diplomas in various nominations.

At the present stage, the department's lecturers, together with students, participate in all-Ukrainian student scientific competitions in natural, technical, and humanitarian sciences, winning prize places: Klochkova A. (2010, 2011), Hrek A. (2012), Hutsu V. (2013). Scientific supervisors – Associate Professors Belan H., Saraieva O.

Since the beginning of the 21st century, the department has maintained scientific and methodological connections with related departments of universities in Ukraine (Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, National Pedagogical University named after M.P. Drahomanov, Institute of Pedagogy of the Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine, Institute of Psychology named after H.S. Kostiuk of the Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine, Mykolaiv National University named after V.O. Sukhomlynskyi, etc.) as well as with other departments of Kherson State University.

Through joint efforts of the department's lecturers and students, the museum of the university's history was reorganized, which began a new stage of its operation in 2002. The museum director – Senior Lecturer of the Department Samsakova I.

Since 1992, the Department of Pedagogy and Psychology has had a postgraduate program in the following specialties: 13.00.01 – general pedagogy and history of pedagogy, 13.00.04 – theory and methodology of professional education, 13.00.05 – social pedagogy, 13.00.06 – theory and methodology of education management, 13.00.07 – theory and methodology of upbringing. Scientific supervision of postgraduates was carried out by Professors Barbina E., Butenko V., Kuzmenko V., Fedyaieva V., Slyusarenko N., Yatsula T., and leading specialists from other universities of Ukraine. Over the years of independence, the department has conducted pre-defense for 73 candidates, who successfully defended their Ph.D. theses at specialized scientific councils. Of these, 49 work at Kherson State University.

The first doctoral studies at Kherson State University were opened in the specialty 13.00.01 – theory and history of pedagogy. Since that period, the following doctoral students and candidates from the department were: Kuliikova L., Kuzmenko V., Fedyaieva V.; in the specialty 13.00.02 – theory and methodology of teaching – Hyrich Z., Slyusarenko N.; 13.00.04 – theory and methodology of professional education – Yatsula T., Zabolotska O., Kuzmenkov S., Lymarenko L.; 07.00.06 – historiography: source studies and special historical disciplines – Sinkevych Ye. Seven of them work at the university.

In 1998, the Department of Pedagogy founded the scientific journal "Pedagogical Sciences." To this day, 75 issues have been published. The journal's responsible editors over the years were Ph.D., Professor Kuzmenko V., Ph.D., Professor Barbina E., Ph.D., Professor Fedyaieva V. Various scholars participated in the editorial board, including Ph.D., Professor Butenko V., Ph.D., Professor Kuzmenko V., Ph.D., Professor Slyusarenko N., Ph.D., Professor Yatsula T., Ph.D., Associate Professor Korolyova I., Ph.D., Associate Professor Saraieva O.

Since 2012, the responsible editor of the journal has been Professor Fedyaieva V. With her support, the editorial board has included both Ukrainian and foreign scholars, including: Professor Andrievskyi B., Professor Pentilyuk M., Lidu Hu (China), Rimantas Stashis (Lithuania), Sharotu Sofia (Bulgaria), and others. The high level of scientific publications and the productive work of the chief editor and the editorial board made it possible to include the journal in the international scientometric database Index Copernicus in December 2016.

The Department of Pedagogy and Psychology has repeatedly organized international and all-Ukrainian conferences. In particular, in 2003, the department held the All-Ukrainian Scientific and Practical Conference "National Program of Upbringing Children and Youth in Ukraine: Status and Prospects"; the Second All-Ukrainian Scientific and Practical Conference "Strategy for Managing Educational Institutions in the Context of Forming the Information Society." In 2005, the department organized the International Scientific and Practical Conference "Historical and Pedagogical Research: Methodology, Periodization, Methodology."

The Department of Pedagogy and Psychology is a collective member of the Ukrainian Association named after V.O. Sukhomlynskyi. The lecturers are regular participants in pedagogical readings dedicated to studying the legacy of V.O. Sukhomlynskyi. In 2009, the department hosted the 16th All-Ukrainian Pedagogical Readings "V.O. Sukhomlynskyi in Dialogue with Modernity: Value Dimensions in Education." This contributed to enhancing cooperation with leading foreign scholars in the field of history of pedagogy, such as Lidu Hu, Zhou Qian, and others. In order to study the pedagogical experience of the People's Republic of China, Professor Fedyaieva V. participated in the Ukraine-China Scientific Conference "Pedagogical Ideas of V.Sukhomlynskyi" (China) in 2012 as part of a delegation from the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine. In 2012, Professor Fedyaieva V. participated in an international conference of the Herbart Society (Germany); Professor Slyusarenko N. attended the International Scientific and Practical Conference "Science and Education" (India); and the International Scientific Conference "Modern Achievements in Science and Education" (France).

Lecturers of the department are participants in the work of the Association of Historians of Pedagogy of Ukraine. As part of its work, department lecturers, including Professor Fedyaieva V., Associate Professor Belan H., Associate Professor Nusinova Zh., Assistant Stepanova O., are active in organizing scientific conferences, including the All-Ukrainian Scientific Conference "Modern Scientific Problems in Pedagogy and Psychology."

During this period, scientific schools were created in various fields: social pedagogy (Professor Butenko V.); pedagogy of aesthetic education (Professor Kuzmenko V., Associate Professor Slyusarenko N.); and the theory of professional and higher education (Professor Fedyaieva V., Associate Professor Panchenko O., Associate Professor Yatsula T.).

KATRENKO HAVRYLO PROKOPOVYCH

Born on August 28, 1908, in the village of Lyman, N.-Heshentylivskyi District, Poltava Region. Died on June 28, 1979, in the city of Kherson.

Teacher of physics and mathematics; teacher of pedagogy and psychology.

He had higher pedagogical education. He graduated from the Poltava Institute of People's Education in 1930 and the Leningrad Pedagogical Institute of Communist Education named after N.K. Krupskaya in 1940. He held the academic title of Associate Professor (1963). He worked:

• 1923-1926: Worker at the N.-Lyman Consumer Corporation.

• 1926-1927: Board member of the N.-Lyman Consumer Corporation, Secretary of the KNS (Committee of Independent Peasants).

• 1927-1930: Cadet and then student at the Poltava Institute of People's Education.

• 1930-1934: Teacher at Myrhorod Secondary School No. 1, Director of the RTSh (Workers' Technical School).

• 1934-1940: Head of the educational department, teacher of physics and mathematics at Kobelyaky Secondary School.

• 1940-1941: Director of Derma Pedagogical School in the Rivne region.

• 1941: Reserve in the city military commissariats.

• 1941-1945: Service in the Red Army.

• 1941-1942: Assistant to the Chief of Staff of the 1640th Sapper Brigade in the Army.

• 1942-1943: Assistant to the Chief of Staff of the 4th Mountain Engineer Sapper Battalion and the Mountain Engineer Sapper Brigade in the Army.

• 1943-1945: Deputy commander of the 95th Separate Assault Engineering Battalion of the 19th Assault Engineering Dvina Brigade F1 K.

• 1945-1947: Director of the Novobuzh Pedagogical School in Mykolaiv region.

• 1947-1950: Director of the Drohobych Teacher Training Institute.

• 1950-1959: Director of Kherson Pedagogical Institute named after N. K. Krupskaya.

• 1959-1962: Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor at the Department of Pedagogy at Kherson Pedagogical Institute named after N.K. Krupskaya.

• 1962-1972: Head of the Department of Pedagogy and Psychology at Kherson Pedagogical Institute.

• 1972-1976: Associate Professor at the Department of Pedagogy and Psychology at Kherson Pedagogical Institute named after N.K. Krupskaya.

Katrenko G.P. carried out significant pedagogical, scientific, and public work. He paid much attention to the training of highly qualified pedagogical staff for schools and consistently supported scientific-methodical links with schools and educational authorities. He actively participated in experimental work on introducing new content into primary education. He was the initiator and active organizer of the fight against child neglect and juvenile delinquency. He focused individual educational work and paid much attention to working with parents. He conducted significant work on studying, generalizing, and spreading the experience of educational work in schools and extended-day groups. He also conducted research, studying and generalizing the experience of school curriculum heads in guiding and controlling the teaching of core subjects in schools and ensuring their solid understanding by students (based on materials from Kherson and Mykolaiv regions). He was the author of 16 scientific works.

Key Publications:

• "On the Rights and Duties of the Head of the Educational Department of a School." Kherson, "Scientific Notes" KhPI. Issue 5, 1955. - 1 printed sheet.

• "On the Experience of Leadership and Control of the Head of the Educational Department of a School in Preparing and Conducting Lessons." Kherson, "Scientific Notes" KhPI. Issue 6, 1956. - 1 printed sheet.

• "Contemporary of the Great October." Kherson, "Scientific Notes" KhPI. Issue 8, 1957. - 1 printed sheet.

• "It Is Better to Prepare Teachers for the Work of a Deputy Head." Journal "Soviet School," 1957, No. 9.

• "Kherson Pedagogical Institute Turns 40." Nova Kakhovka, 1957. - 2.5 printed sheets.

YEVHEN IVANOVYCH PETUKHOV

Yevhen Ivanovych Petukhov was a prominent domestic educator, the first in our institute to earn a Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences degree and a Professor of Pedagogy.

He was born in 1925 in Leningrad. After completing his pedagogical studies with a specialty in biology, he moved to Ukraine, where he dedicated his energy and pedagogical knowledge to the upbringing of the younger generation. He worked as a biology teacher, deputy director, and school principal.

The Great Patriotic War interrupted his pedagogical activity. Drafted into the active army, he proudly defended our homeland from fascist invaders. Commanding a communication unit, he made his contribution to the fight for victory.

Yevhen Ivanovych was a scholar, educator, and scientist. His candidate dissertation focused on the organization of enhancing the educational process in evening schools.

Petukhov had great natural pedagogical abilities and loved working with children. He was especially concerned with the fate of children who had behavioral deviations. These children are often referred to as "difficult to educate," "pedagogically neglected," or "at risk." Fascinated by the issue of adolescent delinquency, he temporarily transitioned to pedagogical work within the Ministry of Internal Affairs, focusing on working with adolescents who had committed offenses.

In working with minor offenders at special schools, he became well-acquainted with the psychology of each adolescent, studying the causes of their misbehavior and helping them overcome negative personality traits, forming qualities that would make them valuable members of society.

This work enabled him to collect experimental data for many of his writings on preventing offenses among adolescents, which became the basis for his doctoral dissertation titled "Pedagogical Foundations for Preventing Deviations in the Moral Development and Behavior of Schoolchildren," defended in 1980 at the specialized academic council at Kyiv Pedagogical Institute named after O.M. Gorky.

Among his many works, a significant portion is dedicated to studying the personalities of adolescents (both general secondary school students and vocational school students). In his writings, he classifies the degree of pedagogical neglect among students of different ages (early, medium, and severe neglect). This is reflected in his works and methodological recommendations for teachers on re-educating students at various stages of neglect.

Petukhov believed that improving the level of education for children, adolescents, and young people lies in organizing the work of pedagogical teams in schools with the parents of students. This problem was the subject of his works: "Work with Parents," "Pedagogical Education for Parents at the Enterprise," "Organization and Planning of Work with Parents," and others.

Yevhen Ivanovych worked as a lecturer, senior lecturer, and associate professor in the Department of Pedagogy at our institute, teaching pedagogy at the Natural Sciences Faculty.

From 1974 to 1985, he headed the Department of Pedagogy, and from 1985, he was a Professor of the Department of Pedagogy. He was entrusted by the rectorate of the institute to establish connections between the higher education institution and schools. He successfully performed this task, as he had already combined his scientific activities with practical support for schools in the region. Many teachers and school leaders were involved in scientific work through Petukhov. He maintained particularly close ties with schools in Kherson, Tsukrypynsk, Holopristansk, Bilozersk, Kakhovsk, and many other areas.

Yevhen Ivanovych was a distinguished educator in Ukraine and a recipient of numerous combat awards, medals, and honors. He was awarded medals named after N. Krupskaya, A. Makarenko, and "For Distinguished Labor in Honor of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of V.I. Lenin" and the "Veteran of Labor" medal.

He was also committed to the quality preparation of future teachers for their work in schools. He sought to align the educational process in pedagogy with the school curriculum, especially in terms of pedagogical practice.

Petukhov was a well-rounded, harmoniously developed person with various hobbies, including stamp and antique coin collecting. He was a loving family man, devoted to his wife, children, and granddaughter. His older daughter, Tetiana Yevhenivna, a candidate of biological sciences, works at a scientific institution in Moscow. His younger daughter, Lyubov Yevhenivna, followed in his footsteps. She earned a Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences degree, became a dean of the Faculty of Pedagogy, and has numerous scientific works in pedagogy and the history of pedagogy.

Unfortunately, in 1989, his premature death took him from us, but his bright memory will forever remain in our hearts.

IVAN IVANOVYCH KOBYLYATSKY

Born in the village of Kulyabivka, Novomoskovsk District, Dnipropetrovsk Region. He graduated from the Communist Institute named after N.K. Krupskaya in Moscow in 1935. He became a Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences on February 24, 1953, and an Associate Professor on January 21, 1959.

Professor of the Department of Pedagogy, a prominent domestic scientist, and founder of the new direction in pedagogical science: the pedagogy of higher education. He is the author of the world's first textbook for university students "Foundations of Pedagogy in Higher Education," which was republished in the People's Republic of China, and his name is included in the Chinese Encyclopedia.

The most important pedagogical ideas of Ivan Ivanovych Kobylyatsky:

• The leading role in the educational process of higher education institutions belongs to the personality of the educator, his humanity, upbringing, and moral qualities.

• Teaching methods are tools, and the educational result depends on the human factor—the personality of the educator.

• A teacher's scientific and educational work is inseparable. If a teacher is not involved in scientific research, they are merely transmitters of others' ideas, which do not truly resonate with students.

• Student knowledge assessment is not a technical tool, but a method of managing student learning and directing their intellectual activities.

Professor Kobylyatsky worked as the rector of Cherkasy Pedagogical University, the vice-rector of Chernivtsi University, and he led the Department of Pedagogy at Odessa University for 20 years. From 1986 to 1996, he led scientific work in the psychological and pedagogical complex created at Kherson Pedagogical Institute.

He published 397 scientific works in pedagogy, totaling 320 printed sheets, including textbooks and monographs.

ANATOLY ILLYCH YEROMKIN

Born on October 4, 1935, in the city of Stary Oskol, Belgorod Region. He graduated in 1959 from the philological faculty of Belgorod State Pedagogical Institute (now Belgorod State University), specializing in Russian and German language literature. He obtained a Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences degree in 1968, became an Associate Professor in 1973, a Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences in 1991, and a Professor in 1991. Anatoly Illiych Yeromkin became a full member of the Academy of Pedagogical and Social Sciences in Moscow in 1996.

Yeromkin worked his way up from a regular teacher to a Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, and Academician. He worked as a teacher, deputy director, and later as a principal in rural schools in Belgorod region from 1959 to 1962.

After completing his postgraduate studies, he worked as a lecturer, senior lecturer, and associate professor at the Department of Pedagogy at Kherson State Pedagogical Institute from 1965 to 1978.

From 1978 to 1982, he worked as an associate professor at the Department of Pedagogy at Kharkiv State University (now Kharkiv National University), and from 1985 to 1988, he worked as an associate professor and then head of the Department of Pedagogy and Methods of Primary Education at Kharkiv Pedagogical Institute (now Kharkiv Pedagogical University). Since 1988, he has been the head of the Department of Pedagogy and Methods of Primary Education at Belgorod State Pedagogical University.

His scientific interests were wide-ranging, but he focused mainly on studying intersubject connections, their essence, and the advantages of using them in teaching humanities disciplines in general education schools and mastering pedagogical disciplines in pedagogical higher education institutions. He has written many scientific articles and methodical recommendations on these subjects.

BUTENKO VOLODYMYR GRYHOROVYCH

Born on November 29, 1950, in Kherson, Ukraine.

A Ukrainian scholar in the field of theory and history of pedagogy, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences (1992), Professor (1994). Elected as a corresponding member of the National Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine in 1994, and as a full member (academician) of the International Academy of Man in Aerospace Systems in 1998.

He graduated from Mykolaiv State Pedagogical Institute named after V. H. Belinsky in 1973 and completed postgraduate studies at the Institute of Pedagogy of the Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine in 1978. Since 1973, he worked as a lecturer and associate professor at the Department of Pedagogy and Psychology at Uman State Pedagogical Institute named after Pavlo Tychyna. Since 1983, he worked at Kherson State Pedagogical University as an associate professor, head of the Department of Pedagogical Mastery, and professor at the Department of Pedagogy and Psychology.

His scientific work focuses on the methodological, theoretical, and practical problems of the education of schoolchildren and students, and the training of pedagogical staff for Ukraine's national education system.

V.H. Butenko studies and actively promotes the cultural and pedagogical legacy of A.S. Makarenko, V.O. Sukhomlynskyi, B.D. Hrinchenko, and other prominent figures of national science, culture, and education. He is the organizer of international and national scientific-practical conferences and pedagogical readings, and prepares scientific-pedagogical staff.

He is the author of numerous works and the editor of multi-volume scientific publications on the formation of aesthetic culture through art. These works include:

• Aesthetic Attitude of High School Students towards Art. Monograph in 3 volumes, Kyiv, 1993.

• Development of Aesthetic Activity in Schoolchildren. Teacher’s Manual, Kyiv, 1992, 176 p.

• Formation of Pedagogical Mastery in Teachers. Methodological Guide, Kyiv, 1991, 72 p.

• Aesthetic Education of Youth through Art: A Book for Teachers. Edited by V.H. Butenko, Moscow, 1991, 242 p.

• Formation of Aesthetic Attitudes towards Art. Monograph in 6 volumes, edited by V.H. Butenko, Moscow, 1991.

• Methodological Guidelines in Artistic Education. Collection of Scientific Works: Pedagogical Sciences. Kherson, Kherson State Pedagogical University, 2000, Issue 13, p. 141-146.

• Main Approaches to the Organization of Artistic Education for Schoolchildren. Scientific Notes, Kirovohrad, Kirovohrad State Pedagogical University, 2000, Issue 24, p. 3-10.

V.H. Butenko is mentioned in the Ukrainian Pedagogical Dictionary, authored by S.U. Honcharenko, Kyiv: Lybid, 1997, p. 46.

BARBINA ELIZAVETA SERHIIVNA

Born on October 28, 1941, in Kherson, Ukraine. She studied at Kherson State Pedagogical Institute named after N.K. Krupska from 1964. In 1976, she completed postgraduate studies at the Institute of General Pedagogical Problems of the Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of the USSR in Moscow, obtaining a PhD in Pedagogical Sciences. In 1997, she completed her doctoral studies at the Institute of Pedagogy and Psychology of Vocational Education of the Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine in Kyiv and was awarded a Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences degree.

From 1964 to 1966, Elizaveta Serhiivna Barbi­na worked as a teacher of mathematics and deputy director for educational work at the 8th School of Velikokardashyn, Holoprystansky District, Kherson Region.

From 1966 to 1970, she was an inspector at the Kherson Regional Department of Education, and from 1970 to 1973, she worked as an inspector of schools with a focus on educational work.

In 1976, she returned to Kherson State Pedagogical Institute, where she worked until 1993 as a senior lecturer, associate professor, and head of the Department of Pedagogical Mastery. Since 1997, she has been a professor at the Department of Pedagogy and Psychology at Kherson State Pedagogical University.

Her main research areas include the formation of pedagogical mastery within the system of continuous pedagogical education, the humanistic orientation of pedagogical activity, and the professional training of pedagogical staff.

She is the author of many scientific works on the aforementioned topics, including:

• Formation of Pedagogical Mastery in the System of Continuous Pedagogical Education. Monograph, Kyiv: Vyscha Shkola, 1997, 153 p.

• Pedagogical Mastery: The Art and Science of Being Human. Educational and Methodological Guide, Kyiv: Polihrafiya, 1995, 72 p.

• Humanization of Professional Teacher Development. Higher Pedagogical Education, Kyiv: Vyscha Shkola, 1994.

• Program of Pedagogical Mastery (for all specialties). Kherson: Ailant, 2002, 28 p.