Department of Professional Education in Technologies and Design

History of the Department

The origin of the Department of Professional Education in Technologies and Design of the Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design dates back to 1948 when the Department of Foreign Languages of the University (at that time - the Kyiv Institute of Light Industry) set up a section of the Russian language for the training of foreign citizens. The Department of Russian Language was created from this section in 1971.

After the adoption of the "Law on Languages in the Ukrainian SSR" in 1990, the Department was reorganised into the Department of Ukrainian and Russian Languages. In December 2002, it was called the Department of Pedagogy, Ukrainian and Russian Languages. In June 2008, it was given a new name - the Department of Pedagogy and Vocational Training. The Department was renamed to the Department of Professional Education in Technologies and Design in 2017.

Associate professor Olena E. Byednova was the first Chair of the Department (1971-1972). Then the Department was headed by Dorisa P. Ivanova (1973-1983) and by PhD, associate professor Alexei F. Pinchuk (1983-2001). In 2001-2017, the Department was directed by PhD, associate professor Lyudmyla V. Zhiten’ova (2001-2016) and Doctor of Education, associate professor Svitlana R. Babushko (2016-2017).

Tetiana Derkach, Doctor of Education, Professor has headed the Department since 2017.

Teaching Staff

The teaching staff of the Department currently numbers nine teachers. Among them, there are two Doctors of Science, professors; one Doctor of Science, associate professor; three PhDs in Pedagogy, associate professors; two PhDs in Psychology, associate professors; and one senior teacher.

Tetiana M Derkach, Doctor of Science in Education (habil.), PhD in Chemistry, Professor, Chair.

In 1987, she graduated with honours from the Faculty of Chemistry, Dnipropetrovsk State University. After graduating from the postgraduate course, she defended her PhD thesis in Chemistry in 2000; in 2003, she received the academic title of associate professor. Since 1997 to 2016, she taught at the Faculty of Chemistry of the Dnipropetrovsk National University (DNU), headed the Department of General Chemistry and Food Technologies, as well as the Department of Physical and Inorganic Chemistry, and acted as a deputy dean for academic work. She also headed the Scientific-Methodical Centre of Distance Learning of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine at the DNU.

On completing the doctoral program at the Department of Pedagogy and Psychology of the Higher School at the Dragomanov National Pedagogical University (2010-2013), she defended her thesis in 2015 and received a doctorate in pedagogical sciences in the speciality 13.00.04 - Theory and Methodology of Professional Education.

Since 2016, she has been working at KNUTD.

T. Derkach is the author (co-author) of more than 200 scientific works, including three monographs, nine textbooks (four of them have got authorised stamps of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and two were published in English), 18 teaching and methodological works, and five patents for the invention.

She teaches the disciplines "Methodology of professional education", "Creative technologies of teaching", "Theory and history of pedagogy”.

Ivan Ya. Dzyra, Doctor of Science in History (habil.), PhD in Philology, Professor.

In 1990, he graduated with honours from the Philological Faculty of the Kyiv State University named after T.G. Shevchenko (now Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University). Since 1990, he has been teaching at the Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design as a teacher (1990-1998), associate professor (1998-2008) and professor (since 2008). I. Dzyra published more than 100 scientific and methodological works, in particular, the monograph "The Cossack Annals of the thirties-eighties of the ХYIII century: Sources and Historiographical Aspects." He is engaged in research on the historical onomastics of the Ukrainian chronicles of the 17th-18th centuries and study of the works of P. Kulish, M. Kostomarov and P. Biletsky-Nosenko. He teaches the disciplines "Business Ukrainian" and "Ukrainian as a foreign language".

Maria M. Bilianska, Doctor of Science in Education (habil.), associate professor (part-time employee).

In 1994, she graduated with honours from the Ukrainian State Pedagogical University named after M.P. Dragomanov. After graduating from postgraduate studies, she defended her PhD thesis in 2004 and received the academic title of associate professor in 2008.

Since 2003, she has been teaching at the Dragomanov National Pedagogical University as an assistant (2003-2006) and associate professor (since 2006).

After studying in a doctoral program at the Institute of Higher Education of the National Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine, she defended her thesis in 2018 and habilitated as a Doctor of Science in Education in the speciality 13.00.04 - Theory and Methodology of Professional Education. In KNUTD, she has been part-time working since 2018.

M. Bilianska published over 100 scientific and methodological works. Among them, there are three monographs, 40 scientific articles in Ukrainian journals, four international publications, 11 educational programs, 12 textbooks for students, teachers and students of secondary schools.

She teaches the disciplines "Fundamentals of pedagogy and psychology", "Theory and methodology of educational work", "History of pedagogy" and "Psychology".

In 2010, she was awarded by the M.P. Dragomanov medal.

Olga M. Vnukova, PhD in Pedagogy, associate professor.

In 1990, she graduated from the History Department of Kyiv State University named after T.G. Shevchenko. In 2004, she received a scientific degree of a candidate of pedagogical sciences in the speciality 13.00.04 - Theory and Methodology of Professional Education. Since 2006, she has held a position of associate professor at KNUTD. She teaches the disciplines "Professional pedagogy", "Pedagogical skill", "Theory and methodology of educational work" and "Theory and history of pedagogy". Dr Vnukova supervises coursework and diploma work of students and pedagogical practice. She is the author (co-author) of many scientific and methodological works, including the textbook "Methodological foundations of professional education".

Rymma V. Kyrychenko, PhD in Psychology, associate professor.

In 1997, she graduated from the Pedagogical Department of the Ukrainian State Pedagogical University named after M.P. Dragomanov, specialising in practical psychology, pedagogy and psychology (school). Her University qualification is a practising psychologist in educational institutions and a teacher of pedagogy and psychology. Since 1997 to 2000, she had worked as a psychologist at the Faculty of Military Training of the Kyiv International Civil Aviation University. In 2004, she received her PhD degree in psychological sciences. Since 2006 to 2012, she had worked at the Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design as a senior lecturer and then assistant professor at the Department of Political Science and Sociology. Since 2012, Dr Kyrychenko has held a position of associate professor at the Department of Professional Education in Technologies and Design. She is the author (co-author) of a number of scientific and methodological works, including a teaching manual for university students and teachers in co-authorship with Prof. A.P. Kanishchenko "System of Work on Understanding the Text in Elementary School" (2003). She teaches the courses "Psychology", "Psychology of higher school", "Psychology of professional activity" and "Communicative processes in pedagogical activity".

Alla V. Kolodiazhna, PhD in Psychology, associate professor.

Dr Kolodiazhna graduated from the Ukrainian State Pedagogical University named after M.P. Dragomanov (with the qualification of a teacher of Ukrainian language and literature) and Kyiv City Pedagogical University named after B.D. Grinchenko (practical psychologist). At Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design, she has been working since 2002. In 2012, she defended her PhD thesis at the Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University in the speciality 19.00.01 - General Psychology, History of Psychology. She is the author of a number of scientific and methodological works. She teaches the disciplines "Psychology", "Theoretical and legal foundations of education", "Imageology and fundamentals of engineering and pedagogical creativity", "Psychological technologies of image-making" and "Ukrainian as a foreign language".

Liudmyla M. Hrytsaienko, senior teacher (part-time employee).

In 1984, she graduated with honours from the Uzhgorod State University, specializing in Ukrainian language and literature and obtained the qualification of a philologist and teacher. She has been working at the Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design since 2004. She has headed the Teaching and Methodology Department and has been the secretary of the Scientific and methodological Council of the University since 2004. She published more than 80 scientific and methodological works, including the textbook "Fundamentals of Eloquence", issued in 2013 and re-issued in 2015. She teaches the disciplines "Rhetoric", "Rhetoric and art of presentation", "Ukrainian as a foreign language", and "Business Ukrainian language". In 2015, L. Hrytsaienko was honoured by the Head of the Pechersk District State Administration in Kyiv for her significant contribution to the training of highly-skilled specialists and fruitful scientific and pedagogical activities.

Liubov P. Bohoslavets, PhD in Pedagogy, associate professor.

In 1982, she graduated from Kyiv State University named after T.G. Shevchenko, the speciality - Ukrainian language and literature, and obtained qualification of a philologist, teacher of Ukrainian language and literature. In 2009, she defended her PhD thesis entitled "Pedagogical design of the educational process in the system of pre-university training of students" and received the degree of the candidate of pedagogical sciences in the speciality 13.00.04 - Theory and Methodology of Professional Education. Dr Bohoslavets was awarded by the honorary sign "Excellence in Education of Ukraine". She is the author (co-author) of a number of scientific and methodological publications (over 80). She teaches the disciplines: "Business Ukrainian" and "Ukrainian as a foreign language".

Valentina T. Paukova, senior laboratory assistant.

In 2021, she graduated from the Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design. She received a bachelor's degree in the speciality 015.36 Professional education (Technology of light industry products). She is the author (co-author) of seven scientific publications. She has been working at KNUTD since 2021.

Educational and Laboratory Facilities

The training area at the Department of Professional Education in Technologies and Design is 315,3 m2.

A number of rooms/total seats – 13/165.

Research

The scientific topic of the Department is called "Innovative technologies and modern methods of training of professionals of professional education". The staff investigates topical problems of the role of information technologies in teaching professional disciplines, using innovative technologies of textile waste recycling, peculiarities of future teachers' creativity development, self-presentation of the person in the virtual communication space, etc. In recent years, the research and teaching activities results have been reflected in 6 monographs, 22 textbooks (4 of them under the MES stamp), and 200 articles in professional and scientific publications. Students and teachers regularly participate in international and all-Ukrainian conferences, including in Shanghai (PRC), Bratislava (Slovakia), Granada (Spain), Nowy Sacz (Poland), Dresden (Germany), Saint-Valerie (France), and more. The Department attaches great importance to developing creative thinking, forming independent scientific research skills, and student search. Teachers of the Department are at the forefront of modern trends in higher education.

Study Programmes

The purpose of the Department is to provide the necessary conditions for the organisation of the process of preparation of bachelors in the specialities 015 Professional education (Design), 015.36 Professional education (Technology of light industry products) by educational and vocational program Master speciality 015.36 Professional education (Technology of light industry products) by educational and vocational program Professional education (Technology of light industry products), that will have deep knowledge and basic professional competence in the field of vocational education and light industry. Much attention is paid to developing international and intercultural dialogue with EU academic organisations through cooperation. The positive examples of European environmental policy and sustainable development practices are discussed in the study of disciplines from an interdisciplinary point of view. The main results of this are raising graduates' awareness on crucial aspects of the effectiveness of EU environmental policy and the transformation of this knowledge into practical approaches to the organisation of sustainable production in Ukraine and abroad.

The following forms of learning are available: full-time and extramural education; distance learning; full-time and extramural learning: a shortened course for college graduates.

Creative Activities and Achievements of Students

Our students are always taking part in the International Сontests "Pechersk Chestnuts". Anton Dolinsky, with the "Readiness for Peace" collection won the contest in prêt-à-porter nomination. In 2017, Anastasia Kalinina with the collection "Do not Break Me" won third place. The talented student, Anastasia Kalinina, three times won 1st place in the All-Ukrainian competitions of young designers of one image and decor "Constellation of Chestnut" (nominations "New Year's Ball" and "Beyond the Borders" etc.). Anastasia Shpetna received 1st place in the "New Year Greetings Card" nomination of the XV All-Ukrainian competition of young designers "Constellation

Chestnut". Daria Koval took second place in the nomination "NEW YEAR-CHRISTMAS DECOR" of the XIX International Competition of One Image and New Year-Christmas Decor "Constellation Chestnut". Victoria Vysotska took part in the Kyiv Premium Brand Fashion Awards 2021 and won the Top Fashion Experts nomination. Olena Ivanova and Tetyana Cherchenko reached the final in the student creative competition "Buyer - FRIEND Eco. FRIENDS Fashion.

In 2016 the collection of Ivan Lytko caught the general attention due to its extraordinary character. At present, Ivan Litko is a spiritual tailor, while continuing his family tradition; he sews clothes for Ukrainian priests.

Student Tamara Ustenko presented KNUTD at the Big Idea Challenge International Video Pitch Contest. Participation in this competition was made possible by the University's victory in the British Council's Creative Spark project: a business support program for the education system. The Recycled Textile Waste Designs project won the People Choice category by international online voting. At Oxford University, a future designer was awarded and has undergone a series of intensive training in entrepreneurship, management and marketing. Our students took part in the All-Ukrainian competition of students' scientific papers in the speciality "Theory and Methodology of Vocational Training" (Kharkiv). Roksolana Lutsenko, Oksana Artiukh and Svitlana Muliar were the winners of the competition.

Tamara is currently studying at the International Academy for Sustainable Development ISA (Hamburg, Germany). She became one of 12 fellows selected from 3,100 candidates worldwide. Tamara's project aims to use innovative technologies for recycling textile waste. She plans to open an eco-social studio that will create designer clothes from the remains of fabrics and biomaterials.

Our students took part in the All-Ukrainian competition of students' scientific papers in the speciality "Theory and Methodology of Vocational Training" (Kharkiv) and in the All-Ukrainian conferences of young scientists and students "Scientific Developments of Youth at the Present Stage.

Students undergo practical training in laboratories and workshops at the Department of Technology and Design of Sewing Products and the Department of Ergonomics and Design of Clothing of KNUTD. Students take their pedagogical practice in the leading vocational education institutions of Kyiv: Kyiv Higher Professional School of Sewing and Hairdressing Arts and Kyiv Higher Professional School of Technology and Clothing Design.

Opportunities for Students

Graduates, majoring in the speciality “Professional Training (Technology of Light Industry Products), will obtain a qualification of “Bachelor in Professional Training” and will know:

characteristics, principles, forms and methods of organisation of educational process in subjects of the sewing profile with the students of vocational training schools, colleges, technical schools and training schools;
methods and techniques for the design of sewn products;
standard procedures for the manufacturing of sewn products;
materials properties to design clothing;
products manufacturing technologies;
quality management system.

After graduation, a Bachelor in Professional Training” will be able to:

organise and conduct the educational process in subjects of the sphere of sewing with the students of vocational training schools, colleges, technical schools and training schools;
explain the characteristics of interpersonal relationships in an organised group;
analyse the educational situations and meet pedagogical challenges at a workplace;
perform engineering calculations;
use well-known design methods for sewn products;
conduct theoretical and experimental studies of the processes of designing and sewn products manufacturing;
analyse fashion trends.

High professional level of training allows Bachelors in Professional Training to hold the following positions:

a teacher of general technical disciplines;
a teacher of psycho-pedagogical subjects (psychology of labour, professional pedagogy, vocational training methodology, etc.);
a teacher of special disciplines in the sphere of sewing (sewing technology, materials science, designing clothes, designing clothing industry enterprises, technological equipment of clothing industry);
a methodologist;
a vocational training teacher;
an assistant;
a head of a school laboratory;
a safety measures engineer in training workshops;
a training manager;
an industrial engineer;
a pre-production engineer;
a rate-setter engineer;
a senior foreperson;
an engineer-designer;
head of the production department;
the director;
chief of technical department;
chief technologist.

Bachelors in Professional Education are able to:

teach at higher and secondary educational institutions;
work at State, commercial and joint enterprises in the manufacture of modern clothing;
open up own business on the production and repair of garments.

Students can also study at the Military Department and enter the postgraduate course of the KNUTD.

The first-year students and graduates of the Department of POSTD 2021

Student Clubs

The following scientific societies of students work at the Department:

"Project activities in professional education" (Head of the Department T. Derkach),
"Ukrainian language in professional communication" (Prof. I. Dzyra),
"Pedagogical search" (associate professor O. Vnukova),
"Know yourself" (associate professor A. Kolodiazhna),
"Culture of communication" (associate professor L. Bohoslavets),
"Positive psychology" (associate professor R. Kirichenko).

Department’s Alumni

Most students in the Department are employed in the speciality obtained. For example:

Alina Logvinenko

(a master of industrial training of Kyiv Higher Vocational School of Technology and Clothing Design)

Olena Babenchik

(a teacher of fundamental disciplines in the field of design for international students at the Salvador Dali Academy of Contemporary Arts)

Nadiya Fadeeva

(a teacher of special disciplines of the Kyiv Professional College of Applied Sciences)

Eugene Simchuk

(a master of industrial training of Kyiv Higher Vocational School of Technology and Clothing Design)

Yaroslav Barsuk and Tetiana Boiko

(a sales manager and chief designer of the "Yaroslav" company)

Oleksandr Lutchenko
(a teacher at Kyiv Higher Vocational School of Sewing and Hairdressing)

Yuliia Moliarenko
(an assistant designer at Kateryna Shakhovska’s fashion house)

Anton Dolinskyi
(a branch manager of the "Season" brand clothing shop)

Maryna Zakvatska
(a technologist
at Anna Bublik’s fashion house)

Mar’iana Zhuravska
(a teacher, a head of the "Skilled hands" club and private dress-making courses)

Yana Fedorets
(a designer of N.I.D. group LLC)

Serhii Bilozertsev
(a fashion designer
at the “Atelier Viktor” design studio)

Yana Bielova
(а tailoring repairs master at fashion house)

Anastasiia Kharchenko
(Novopetrivs'ke children's art school)

Training and Methodological Support

All disciplines of the Department are adequately provided with training and methodological literature. Electronic lecture notes, methodical instructions for practical, course and diploma works, textbooks for all disciplines, which are taught by the Department, are available for students in the modular environment of the educational process.

The list of disciplines for the teaching of which the Department is responsible:

1	Business Ukrainian	https://knutd.edu.ua/files/ekts/od/DYM_2021_bak.pdf
2	Imageology and basics of engineering and pedagogical creativity	https://knutd.edu.ua/files/ekts/od/TIP_2021_015_bak.pdf
3	Communicative processes in pedagogical activity	https://knutd.edu.ua/files/ekts/od/KPPD_2021_015_bak.pdf
4	Creative learning technologies	https://knutd.edu.ua/files/ekts/od/KITN_2021_015_bak.pdf
5	Methods of professional training	https://knutd.edu.ua/files/ekts/od/MPN_2021_015_bak.pdf
6	Pedagogical skills in professional education	https://knutd.edu.ua/files/ekts/od/PMPO_2021_015_mg.pdf
7	Professional pedagogy	https://knutd.edu.ua/files/ekts/od/PP_2021_015_bak.pdf
8	Psychological technologies of image-making	https://knutd.edu.ua/files/ekts/od/PTI_2021_015_mg.pdf
9	Psychology	https://knutd.edu.ua/files/ekts/od/P_2021_015_bak.pdf
10	Psychology of professional activity	https://knutd.edu.ua/files/ekts/od/PPD_2021_015_bak.pdf
11	Rhetoric and skill of presentation	https://knutd.edu.ua/files/ekts/od/RMP_2021_015_bak.pdf
12	Theory and history of pedagogy	https://knutd.edu.ua/files/ekts/od/TIP_2021_015_bak.pdf
13	Theory and methods of educational work	https://knutd.edu.ua/files/ekts/od/TMVR_2021_015_bak.pdf
14	Ukrainian as a foreign language
15	Psychology of high school	https://knutd.edu.ua/files/ekts/od/PVZ_201_182_mg.pdf
16	Rhetoric in scientific and pedagogical activities

Disciplines of free choice

Academic writing and integrity
Pedagogy and psychology of higher school
Psychology of self-knowledge and self-development

KNUTD
Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design

Faculty of Fashion Industry

DEPARTMENT OF PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION IN TECHNOLOGIES AND DESIGN

KNUTD Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design

Faculty of Fashion Industry

DEPARTMENT OF PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION IN TECHNOLOGIES AND DESIGN

KNUTD
Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design