VI All-Ukrainian scientific-practical conference with international participation “INCLUSIVE EDUCATION AS AN INDIVIDUAL TRAJECTOR OF PERSONAL GROWTH OF A CHILD WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS” (27.04.2023, online)

On April 27, 2023, Vinnytsia Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi State Pedagogical University organised the VI All-Ukrainian scientific-practical conference with international participation “INCLUSIVE EDUCATION AS AN INDIVIDUAL TRAJECTOR OF PERSONAL GROWTH OF A CHILD WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS” in online format on the Zoom platform. The event was organized in cooperation with the National Erasmus+ Office in Ukraine, together with the Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine, the European Education  and  Culture  Executive Agency (EACEA), the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine in close cooperation with the Institute of Education Content Modernization, the Institute of Gifted Child of the National Academy of Educationaal Sciences of Ukraine, Humanitas Higher School (Sosnowiec, Poland Republic), Pedagogium, Higher School of Social Sciences in Warsaw (Poland Republic), the University of Zelena Hura (Zelena Hura, Poland Republic), Maria Grzegorzewska Academy of Special Education (Poland Republic), Masaryk University (Czech Republic), Fundacja PORTA VITAE (Poland), the National Pedagogical Drahomanov University, Kamianets-Podilskyi Ivan Ohiienko National University, National University “Chernihiv Collegium”, the Donbas State Pedagogical University, Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University, Khmelnytskyi Humanitarian-Pedagogical Academy, Berdyansk State Pedagogical University, Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Ukrainian Institute of Education Development, the Preschool and Primary Education Department , Ukrainian Educational Research Association, the Public Organization International Association of Modern Education, Science and culture”,  the Public Organization “Academy of Personality Development”.

The event was attended by more than 300 participants – reserachers, professors, PhDs, teachers, students from various cities of Ukraine and Europe: Vinnytsia, Lviv, Kharkiv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kyiv, Uman, Khmelnytskyi, Chernihiv, Glukhiv, Rivne, Sumy, Zhytomyr, Mukacheve, Lutsk, Kamianets-Podilskyi, Sosnovets, Rezenkne, Zelena Hura, Warsaw, Gdansk.

In welcome speech, Natalia LAZARENKO, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, Honored Worker of Education and Science of Ukraine, Rector of the Vinnytsia Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi State Pedagogical University paid attention to the importance of cooperation with the Erasmus+ office, a feature of the implementation of international projects at the university. Lyudmila BROVCHACK, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, Vice-Rector of Scientific Work of Vinnytsia Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi State Pedagogical University, noted that Erasmus+ projects enrich the Ukrainian education system, offer new opportunities for the university and contribute to European integration. Svitlana SHYTIKOVA, Coordinator of the National Erasmus+ office in Ukraine, emphasized the activity of Vinnytsia Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi State Pedagogical University in the process of implementing Erasmus+ projects, focused attention on the relevance of the event. Speaker also stressed the priorities and project resluts impact, potential synergy and interproject cooperation.

During the event,  a round table “THE EUROPEAN EXPERIENCE OF USING THE THEATER OF PEDAGOGICS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOFT SKILLS OF PRE-SCHOOL AND YOUNGER SCHOOL CHILDREN” within the project “EU experience of soft skills development of preschool and primary school age children by theater activities in teacher training” (620252-EPP-1-2020-1-UA-EPPJMO-MODULE) was also organized.

The main speakers were:

• Olena Rudyshina, Director of the Lyceum Theater of Educational institutions № 1 and 4, Director of the Polish Lyceum, methodologist, scriptwriter and stage director, author of the All-Ukrainian creative project “The book comes alive in the theater”.
• Kateryna Ishchenko, holder of a master’s degree, Vinnytsia Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi State Pedagogical University (Ukraine)
• Snizhana Drabyniuk, holder of a bachelor’s degree, Vinnytsia Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi State Pedagogical University (Ukraine)
• Yana Yermoshkina, holder holder of a master’s degree, Vinnytsia State Pedagogical University named after Mykhailo Kotsiubinsky (Ukraine)
• Yana Bilokon, holder of a bachelor’s degree, Vinnytsia Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi State Pedagogical University (Ukraine)
• Anastasiya Komarchuk, holder of a bachelor’s degree, Vinnytsia Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi State Pedagogical University (Ukraine)
• Yuliya Yatsenko, holder of a bachelor’s degree, Vinnytsia Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi State Pedagogical University (Ukraine)
• Anastasiya Savchyn, holder of a bachelor’s degree, Vinnytsia Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi State Pedagogical University (Ukraine)
• Viktoria Hrebin, holder of a bachelor’s degree, Vinnytsia Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi State Pedagogical University (Ukraine)
• Sofiya Tarasova, holder of a bachelor’s degree, Vinnytsia Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi State Pedagogical University (Ukraine)

At the end of the event, the participants got acquainted with the scenarios of creative activities of European colleagues and received comprehensive consultations on the implementation of the European experience in developing students’ soft skills.

As a result of the attended event, the participants expanded their ideas about the peculiarities of the development of soft skills of students, identified the peculiarities of using theatrical activities in working with schoolchildren, got acquainted with the European experience of developing flexible skills of students in the process of using theatrical activities, formed the ability to search for and introduce European experience into the educational process organization of theatrical activities for the formation of flexible skills of younger schoolchildren.

In addition, based on the materials of the conference, it is planned to publish a collection of scientific works, which will present the scientific works of domestic and foreign scientists, young researchers and students in the following areas:

• “Preparation of children with special educational needs for social adaptation in a diverse environment: European approaches and Ukrainian experience” (within the project of the Erasmus + Jean Monnet program Module 101085267 — SEEDUE4UA — ERASMUS-JMO-2022-HEI-TCH-RSCH).
• “Development of children’s soft skills with special educational needs by means of theatrical activities in the conditions of an inclusive educational space” (within the project of the Erasmus + Jean Monnet Module program 620252-EPP-1-2020-1-UA-EPPJMO-MODULE).

Video materials of the conference and theses of the conference participants will be published in the materials collection of the VI All-Ukrainian scientific-practical conference with international participation on the website of the «Inclusive education as an individual trajectory of personal growth of a child with special educational needs» 

The press release was prepared based on the materials of the VI All-Ukrainian scientific-practical conference with international participation “INCLUSIVE EDUCATION AS AN INDIVIDUAL TRAJECTOR OF PERSONAL GROWTH OF A CHILD WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS”