KNUTD
Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design

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Faculty of Arts and Fashion

DEPARTMENT OF PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION IN TECHNOLOGIES AND DESIGN

Alla V. Semenova,

Head of the Department, Doctor of of Pedagogy, Professor

Address: 

Academic building 4,
Rooms 320, 322
2, Mala Shyianovska (Nemyrovych-Danchenko) Str.
Kyiv, 01011

Phones: +38044-256-84-10, +38044-256-21-70

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About the Department
History of the Department

The origin of the Department of Professional Education in Technologies and Design of 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 adopting the "Law on Languages in the Ukrainian SSR" in 1990, the Department was reorganized 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 the Department of Professional Education in Technologies and Design in 2017.

The first head of the Department (1971-1972) was Associate Professor Olena Erastivna Bednova. The Department was headed at different times by: 1983-2001 – PhD in Philology, Associate Professor Oleksii Pinchuk; 2001-2016 – PhD in Pedagogy, Associate Professor Liudmyla Zhytenova; 2016-2017 - Doctor of Pedagogy, Associate Professor Svitlana Babushko; 2017-2023 - Doctor of Pedagogy, Professor Tetiana Derkach; 2023-2024 - Doctor of Pedagogy, Associate Professor Maria Bilianska. Since 2025, the Department has been headed by Alla Semenova, Doctor of Pedagogy, Professor.

Academic Staff

The Department has Doctors of Pedagogy, Professors, PhDs in Pedagogy and Psychology, Associate Professors.

Alla V. Semenova, Doctor of Pedagogy, Professor, Head of the Department of Professional Education in Technologies and Design

In 1992, she graduated with honours from the Odesa Higher School of Metrology, Standardisation and Certification with a degree in metrology and electrical-thermal measurements. She began her teaching career in 1994 as a teacher of Basics of Computer Science and Computer Engineering at a secondary school in Odesa. During 1998-2002, she worked as a teacher of General Electrical Engineering and Microelectronics at Odesa Road Technical College. After graduating in 1997 from the South Ukrainian State Pedagogical University named after K.D. Ushynskyi with a degree in Physics and Computer Science, she did the postgraduate course from 1998 to 2001. In 2001, she defended her dissertation for a PhD degree in Pedagogy in the speciality ‘13.00.04 - Theory and Methods of Professional Education’ on the topic ”Professional Activity of a Teacher in Developing Creative Abilities of High School Students at the Lessons of the Natural and Mathematical Cycle”. From 2002 to 2008, she taught at the South Ukrainian State Pedagogical University named after K.D. Ushynskyi as an assistant, senior lecturer, and associate professor of the Department of Pedagogy. She was awarded the academic title of Associate Professor of the Department of Pedagogy in 2005. From 2008 to 2012, she worked as a professor at the Department of Legal Psychology and Journalism at the Odesa National Law Academy. In 2010-2017, she taught at the Odesa Regional Branch of the National School of Judges of Ukraine. From 2012 to 2020, she worked as a professor at Odesa National Polytechnic University, and as the founding director of the Pedagogical Excellence Training and Consulting Centre (2012). In 2015, she was awarded the academic title of Professor of the Department of Political Science. From 2018 to 2022, she worked as a professor at the Department of Standardisation of Conformity Assessment and Educational Measurement, and from 2019 to 2023, she was the Director of the Research Institute of Education Quality Assurance at the Odesa State Academy of Technical Regulation and Quality. From 2023 to 2024, she held the position of Professor, Leading Researcher at Odesa State University of Internal Affairs.

She is the founding author of the educational and scientific portal “Pedagogical Excellence of Higher Education Teacher”.

She is the author of more than 200 scientific and educational works, including 18 monographs; 14 textbooks and teaching aids on professional pedagogy, including her own interactive trainings using multimedia technologies in the educational process, more than 100 research papers in international and professional journals, and abstracts of reports of various levels. She has trained six PhDs in Pedagogy and one Doctor of Padagogy. She is a scholarship holder of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine for young scientists (2005-2007).

      

Rymma V. Kyrychenko, PhD in Psychology, associate professor

In 1997, she graduated with honours from the Pedagogical Department of the Ukrainian State Pedagogical University named after M.P. Drahomanov, specializing in practical psychology, pedagogy, and psychology (school). Her University qualification is a practising psychologist in educational institutions and a teacher of pedagogy and psychology. From 1997 to 2000, she worked as a psychologist at the Faculty of Military Training of Kyiv International Civil Aviation University. In 2004, she received her PhD degree in psychological sciences. From 2006 to 2012, she worked at Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design as a senior lecturer and then assistant professor at the Department of Political Science and Sociology. From 2012 to 2017, R. Kyrychenko held the position of associate professor at the Department of Professional Education in Technologies and Design. From 2017 to the present, Rymma Kyrychenko has been an associate professor of the Department of Professional Education in Technologies and Design. She has published more than 60 scientific and scientific-methodical works, including those indexed in the Web of Science scientometric databases. She is the author of the educational and methodological manual for students of higher education institutions and teachers in co-authorship with Professor, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences A.P. Kanishchenko, "System of work on text comprehension in primary school". R. Kyrychenko lectures in "General psychology", "Age and pedagogical psychology", "Psychology", "Psychology of professional activities", "Communicative processes in pedagogical activities", "Pedagogy and psychology of higher education", and "Psychology of self-knowledge and self-development".

  

Alla V. Kolodiazhna, PhD in Psychology, associate professor

Alla Kolodiazhna graduated from the Ukrainian State Pedagogical University named after M.P. Drahomanov (with the qualification of a teacher of the 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 Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University in the specialty 19.00.01 - General Psychology, History of Psychology. She is the author of a number of scientific and methodological works. She lectures in "History of psychology", "Practicum of general psychology", "Imageology and the basics of engineering and pedagogical creativity", "Psychological technologies of image making", and "Personality psychology", "Basics of psychological counseling and psychocorrection".

  

Inna Kosiak, PhD in Pedagogy, associate professor, associate professor of the Department of Professional Education in Technologies and Design (part-time)

In 1992, she graduated from Kyiv Technological Institute of Light Industry, majoring in "Fashion Design". After completing postgraduate studies at the National Pedagogical University named after M.P. Drahomanov. In 2013, she defended her PhD thesis and in 2016 obtained the academic title of associate professor. Since 2009, she has been teaching at the National Pedagogical University named after M.P. Drahomanov - assistant (2009-2013), since 2016 - associate professor of the Department of Industrial Engineering and Service of the National Pedagogical University named after M.P. Drahomanov. She has been working at KNUTD since 2023. She has published more than 80 scientific and scientific-methodological works. Among them, 35 scientific articles in domestic and 2 in foreign publications, including those indexed in the Web of Science scientometric database. She is the author of Educational and Professional Complexes in the specialty 015 Professional education. Design, 015 Professional education. Technology of light industry products.

She lectures in "Theory and history of pedagogy", "Theory and methods of professional education", "Theory and methods of educational work".

  

Daria Bilotska, senior laboratory assistant

In 2021, she entered Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design majoring in "Professional Education (Technology of Light Industry Products)". In her spare time, she takes many useful courses, and also develops herself in the most interesting and creative areas and participates in scientific conferences.

 
Educational and Laboratory Facilities

The training area at the Department of Professional Education in Technologies and Design is 221 m2.

The number of rooms/total seats – 8/110.

Research

The scientific topic of the Department is called "Innovative technologies and modern methods of training for professionals in vocational education". The staff study topical problems of the role of information technologies in teaching professional courses, using innovative technologies of textile waste recycling, and future teachers' creativity development. 

The teachers of the Department carry out research into psychology in the following areas: formation of psychological culture and professional image of the individual; socio-psychological training - art therapy, rehabilitation psychology; psychological conditions for the development of transprofessional competencies of the individual, etc.

In recent years, the results of the research and teaching activities have been reflected in 6 monographs, 22 textbooks (4 of them were approved by the Ministry of Education and Science), and more than 200 articles in professional and scientific publications. Students and teachers regularly participate in international and all-Ukrainian conferences, including in Shanghai (P.R.C.), Bratislava (Slovakia), Granada (Spain), Nowy Sacz (Poland), Dresden (Germany), Saint-Valerie (France), and more. The Department plays a significant role in developing creative thinking, forming independent scientific research skills, and student search. The teachers of the Department are at the forefront of modern trends in higher education.

The teachers of the Department have signed Cooperation Agreements with Doctors Against Animal Experiments Germany (Dr Corina Gericke, DAAE, Germany, http://www.aerzte-gegen-tierversuche.de/), International Network for Humane Education (Mr Nick Jukes, InterNICHE, Great Britain, www.interniche.org) and Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design, Faculty of Arts and Fashion, Department of Professional Education in Technologies and Design https://gumanna-osvita.org/uk/ukraina-ukr/kyiv/435-kijivskij-natsionalnij-universitet-tekhnologij-ta-dizajnu  

Educational Programs

The purpose of the Department's activities is to provide the necessary conditions for the organization of the process of training bachelors in the specialties 053 “Psychology”, 015 "Professional Education (by specialization)", according to the educational and professional programs "Psychology", "Professional Education (Computer Technologies in Information Systems Management)", "Professional Education (Technology of Light Industry Products)", as well as masters and postgraduate students of the specialty 015 "Professional Education (by specializations)" who will have deep knowledge, as well as basic professional competencies in psychology, professional education, design, and technology.

We focus on developing an international and intercultural dialogue with academic organizations of the EU countries through cooperation. The courses highlighted positive examples of the European environmental policy and sustainable development practices from an interdisciplinary perspective. The main results of this are raising graduates' awareness regarding the critical aspects of the effectiveness of the EU's environmental policy, as well as implementing this knowledge in practical approaches to the organization of sustainable education and production in Ukraine.

The following forms of training are available: full-time and part-time education; distance learning; full-time and part-time courses: a short course for college graduates.

Creative Activities and Achievements of Students

Our students participate in many creative competitions and win awards. Thus, in November 2022, the student of MgPT-22 Group, Valentyna Paukova, became one of the three winners and was noted by the organizers of the international contest "UKRAINIAN START-UP TO EU" with the development of the "Clothing recycling brand "SpiSIS", held by the Kholm Chamber of Commerce (Poland) Ltd. (Chełmska Izba Gospodarcza Sp. z o.o.). In November 2022, she won the startup in cooperation with Mykola Nikolaev, a student of MgPT-22 Group, competition within the framework of the II All-Ukrainian Conference "Innovation in Education, Science and Business: Challenges and Opportunities" with the development and implementation of the "Dress the Wounded" startup.

In 2022, the students of the specialty "Psychology" presented the startup "Psychological Support Center of KNUTD".

The All-Ukrainian Conference of Undergraduates and Young Scientists "Innovation in education, science and business: challenges and opportunities" is a platform for the development of the startup movement at Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design, which is gaining momentum, motivating active innovative youth with project proposals for business to development, confirming the entrepreneurial format of the University, where the cooperation of the state, science, education and business is a synergistic quadrangle of knowledge of innovative development.

Our students always take part in the International Сontest “Suzirya Kashtan”. Anton Dolinsky, with the "Readiness for Peace" collection won the contest in prêt-à-porter nomination. In 2017, Anastasiia Kalinina with the collection "Do not Break Me" won third place. The talented student, Anastasiia Kalinina, three times won 1st place in the All-Ukrainian Competition of Young Designers of One Image and Decor “Suzirya Kashtan” (nominations "New Year's Ball" and "Beyond the Borders" etc.). Anastasiia Shpetna received 1st place in the "New Year Greetings Card" nomination of the XV All-Ukrainian Competition of Young Designers “Suzirya Kashtan”". 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 “Suzirya Kashtan”. 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”.  

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 underwent a series of intensive training in entrepreneurship, management, and marketing. Our students took part in the All-Ukrainian Competition of Student Research Papers in the specialty "Theory and Methodology of Vocational Training" (Kharkiv). Roksolana Lutsenko, Oksana Artiukh, and Svitlana Muliar became the winners of the competition.

Tamara continued her studies at the International Academy for Sustainable Development I.S.A. (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 Student Research Papers in the specialty "Theory and Methodology of Vocational Training", Psychology, and in the all-Ukrainian conferences of young scientists and students "Scientific Developments of Youth at the Present Stage”.

Students undergo practical training in the laboratories and workshops of KNUTD. Students take their pedagogical practice in the leading vocational education institutions of Kyiv: Kyiv Professional College of Art and Service Technologies and Kyiv Professional College of Technologies and Fashion Design.

Students undertake psychology internships in preschool institutions, (Preschool educational institution No. 205, Preschool education institution (nursery-kindergarten) No. 240, Preschool educational institution No. 731 "Kazka", Preschool educational institution No. 143, Preschool educational institution No. 632) consulting centres, coaching and training organisations, business enterprises, etc.

Students also have the opportunity to study at the military department, continue their studies at post-graduate school, and do the post-graduate course of KNUTD.

Opportunities for Students

After completing studies in the specialty "Professional Education (by specialization)”, graduates can:

  • teach at higher and secondary educational institutions;
  • work at state, commercial and joint enterprises in the manufacture of modern clothing;
  • set up a business on the production and repair of garments.

After graduation, the student in the specialty "Psychology" will receive the qualification "Bachelor in Psychology" and will be able to solve the following tasks in the future:

  • Application of theoretical and applied knowledge for conducting psychological research
  • Provision of psychological assistance
  • Finding out the causes of conflict situations, taking into account gender, age, and individual differences
  • Using methods and techniques of self-control and self-improvement
  • Implementation of psychological assistance methods: training, art therapy
  • Ability to develop personal abilities
  • Optimisation of cognitive activity (development of attention, memory, thinking)
  • Psychological correction of personal development
  • Psychotherapeutic work
  • Educational work; psychological prevention

The relevance of the psychology profession today is determined by the needs of state and private institutions. As highly qualified professionals, psychologists are needed in many areas - from education to the defence industry. The choice depends on the desire to make a career and succeed in a specific direction.

 

Industries where students will be able to work after graduation:

Education system: psychologist of preschool institutions; school psychologist.

Organizations: recruitment consultant; management consultant; psychologist of the children's centre of creativity and leisure; consultant of the rescue service, customs, psychologist of the social and psychological service; psychologist; coach.

Military organizations: psychologist of the rehabilitation centre.

Law enforcement agencies: psychologists of the correctional centre for juveniles, etc.

 

 

Students of the Department of Postgraduate Studies

Student Clubs

The following student scientific clubs work at the Department:

  • "School of Young Teacher-Scientist in Technology and Design" (Professor Alla Semenova);
  • "Positive Psychology" (Associate Professor Rymma Kyrychenko);
  • "Know Yourself" (Assistant Professor Alla Kolodyazhna);
  • "Project Activity in Vocational Education" (Associate Professor Inna Kosyak).
Department’s Alumni

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

Alina Lohvinenko

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

Olena Babenchik

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

Nadiya Fadeeva 

(a teacher of special courses of Kyiv Professional College of Applied Sciences)

Eugene Simchuk

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

Tatiana Gots

(Master of industrial training of the VSP "Rivne College of Economics and Technology of the Ukrainian State University of Higher Education")

Yaroslav Barsuk and Tetiana Boiko

(a sales manager and chief designer of 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)

Mariana 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
(Novopetrivske children's art school)

Iryna Romanyuk

Teacher of special courses at the Communal Institution of Professional (Vocational and Technical) Education "Kyiv Vocational College of Art and Service Technologies"

Valentina Paukova

(Educational area MIDGARD, assistant manager of Fashion Hub)

Maria Popova

Master of Industrial Training of the Communal Institution of Professional (Vocational and Technical) Education "Kyiv Vocational College of Art and Service Technologies"

Maria Nehoda

Teacher of professional and theoretical training at the Communal Institution of Professional (Vocational and Technical) Education "Kyiv Vocational College of Technology and Fashion Design"
Training and Methodological Support

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

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