From November 27 to December 15, 2025, the academic staff of the Department of Professional Education in Technology and Design completed advanced training at the Center for Postgraduate Education of the Higher Educational Institution “University of Educational Management” of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. They successfully completed a 90-hour course titled “Inclusive Education as the Basis of Social Justice in a Higher Education Institution: From Theory to Practice”. The program was designed for heads, scientific, and pedagogical staff of higher education institutions and aimed to develop a systemic understanding of inclusive policies within the university environment. As part of the training, participants enhanced their educational, socio-psychological, scientific and methodological, innovative and research, as well as information and communication competences, in accordance with the course content.
On December 15, 2025, the academic staff of the Department of Postgraduate Education, which oversees the implementation of the educational and professional programs “Psychology” and “Professional Education”, attended a lecture as part of their advanced training course. The lecture was delivered by Doctor of Philosophy, Professor, Academician of the NAS of Ukraine and NAPS of Ukraine, and President of the National Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine, Vasyl Kremen, on the topic “Man and Education in the Context of Modern Civilizational Challenges”.
The issues of the lecture are particularly relevant for the training of future psychologists and specialists in professional education, as they concern the transformation of the role of education, the formation of value orientations, the responsibility of a scientific and pedagogical worker, and the development of the personality in the conditions of global civilizational changes. Understanding these issues strengthens the ideological, methodological, and ethical components of the professional training of applicants. The lecturer is an outstanding Ukrainian scientist in the field of philosophy of education, social philosophy and pedagogy, the author of fundamental scientific works, a member of a number of domestic and international scientific societies, an honorary doctor of many universities and an active public figure.
The lecture focused on the human-dimensional nature of modern education, its mission in forming worldview, value and professional guidelines adequate to the challenges of globalization, digital transformation and interdisciplinarity of knowledge. The responsibility of educational institutions for the development of a personality capable of critical thinking, ethical choice and socially responsible activity was emphasized. Understanding the philosophical principles of the development of education strengthens the methodological basis for the training of future psychologists and teachers, contributes to the renewal of the content of disciplines and the integration of humanistic values into the professional training of a competitive specialist.
Participation in the lecture became an important component of the professional growth of the academic staff of the Department and confirmed the systematic orientation of the team towards improving the quality of the educational process in accordance with modern civilization challenges.
We express our sincere gratitude to the organizers of the course and the lecturer – Doctor of Philosophy, Professor, Academician of the NAS of Ukraine and NAPS of Ukraine, President of the National Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine Vasyl Kremen – for a deep philosophical analysis of modern educational processes, scientific balance and valuable guidelines that contribute to improving the quality of implementation of educational and professional programs.
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