Faculty of Preschool, Primary and Special education

Address: Room 285, Building 3, 14 Studencheskaya Street, 308007, Belgorod, Russia Phone: +7 4722 301840 Dean - Aleksei Y. Kovtunenko candidate of biological sciences, associate professor e-mail: Kovtunenko@bsu.edu.ru

Institute of Pedagogy

• I. Educational activities
  • 1.1. List of curricula
  • 1.2. Faculty and staff
• II. Academia
  • 2.1. Scholar school
  • 2.2 Leading scholars
  • 2.3. Key research results
• III. The Faculty's achievements in scholar, educational and methodological activities

I. Educational activities

1.1. List of curricula

• 44.03.01 Pedagogical education (bachelor programs in «Fine arts», «Primary education», «Preschool education» (academic and applied bachelor program));
• 44.03.05 Pedagogical education (bachelor programs in «Preschool and primary education», «Primary education and informatics», «Fine arts. Computer graphics»);
• 44.03.03 Special (Defectologic) Education (bachelor program in «Speech therapy»);
• 44.04.01 Pedagogical education (master programs in «Extracurricular activities at primary school», «Theory and methodology of primary language education», «Management of preschool education»);
• 44.04.03 Special (Defectologic) Education (master program in «Complex support of education for persons with speech impairments», « Innovations in the theory and practice of speech therapy»).

1.2. Faculty and staff

There are 2 departments at the Faculty:

• Department of Theory, Pedagogics and Methodology of Primary Education and Fine Arts
  head of the department – О.I. Eremenko, candidate of Philology.
  The department has 2 professors, Doctors of Science, 17 associate professors, candidates of science;
• Department of Preschool and Special (Defectologic) Education
  head of the department K.E. Panasenko, candidate of Psychology, associate professor.
  The department has 1 professor, Doctor of Science, 9 associate professors, candidates of science, 6 senior lecturers.

Academia

2.1. Scholar schools

• «Physical education in elementary, secondary and higher school» (since 2014, leading scholar L.N. Voloshina, PhD in Pedagogy);
• «Adaptive modeling of living and non-living systems» (leading scholar L.K. Buslovskaya, PhD in Biolo-gy).

2.2. Leading scholars

• Lyudmila K. Buslovskaya, PhD in Biology, professor;
• Lyudmila N. Voloshina, PhD in Pedagogic, professor;
• Valeriy A. Cherkasov, PhD in Philology, professor.

2.3. Key research results

Faculty scholars actively participate in updating the content and technology of primary, preschool and special education. Professor L.N. Voloshina is the head of the RAE Federal experimental grounds. Author's program of physical education for preschool institutions «Play for your health!» is recommended to use by the federal center of expertise, media and communications of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, it has been successfully used in preschool education. It was her initiative to create the «Kindergar-ten of Belogorie», a regional socio-pedagogical association of innovative preschools. The innovation project “Socialization and individualization of preschool children in the context of the variable system of physical edu-cation”, developed by Professor Voloshina, was examined at the Russian Academy of Education in August 2018. According to the Resolution of the Expert Council the project received an accreditation certificate and the status of the innovative site of the Russian Academy of Education.

Professor L.K. Buslovskaya successfully guides the research work in adaptive modeling of living and non-living systems.

Professor. V.A. Cherkasov is actively involved in scientific work. His interests vary from the life and work of V. Nabokov and V.F. Khodasevich to the history of Russian literature abroad and theory of biography in general. Professor Cherkasov was awarded by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation for the best online lecture for the project "Lecture Hall of the Ministry of Education and Science" on the topic: "The historical novel by A.S. Pushkin "The Captain's Daughter".

III. The Faculty's achievements in scholar, educational and methodological activities

Faculty Pride is its alumni, including PhDs, Honored teachers and workers of education of the Russian Federation, school principals, heads of preschool educational institutions, winners of the teacher contests. Faculty alumni successfully manage regional and municipal educational departments, they are employed by municipal and regional departments of education, culture and social protection.

The faculty has created model classrooms for primary education, a teacher-logopedist, a preschool education room equipped with the necessary equipment for conducting professional activities. In 2021, the renovation of the material and technical base of the faculty was completed: major repairs were made to the building, all classrooms of which are equipped with modern computer equipment for conducting classes in accordance with the requirements of the Federal State Educational Standard and the self-imposed educational standard.

Among the alumni:

• E.G. Petrenko, the principal of the lyceum № 9 of Belgorod, PhD;
• I.V. Lazarev, the Deputy Chairman of the Electoral Commission of Belgorod region;
• O.A. Shatalov, the Principal of Regional State Independent Professional Educational Institution «Belgorod Industrial College»;
• A.N. Shibayev, the Head of Education Resource Management Department in Shebekino district, the winner of the «Teacher of the Year» contest and of the presidential grant;
• T.A. Berezka, the Deputy head of the administration management of Belgorod, head of the Department of preschool education, Honors in public education;
• E.N. Demchenko, the Head of the «Orthodox kindergarten Pokrovsky», the Honored worker of education of the Russian Federation, III degree St. Joasaph Medalist of the Russian Orthodox Church;
• O.A. Belyak, Teacher-therapist at «Belgorod Orphanage specialized for children with organic lesions of the central nervous system with mental disorders», Senior Lecturer of the Department of Preschool and Special (Defectologic) Education, the winner of the city professional skill competition «Teacher Service of psychological and pedagogical support, 2014».

Information was given by I. Shatokhin 16.06.2023

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