Karazin University Concludes Summer Specialised Courses for Educators

Summer specialised (profile-oriented) courses for teachers of various subjects, as well as for directors of preschool education institutions and primary schools, have concluded at V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. Since 2019, Karazin University has organised these summer specialised courses annually at the request of various categories of educational professionals, administrative staff of educational institutions of different types, and motivated citizens interested in non-formal education.

This year, taking into account the wishes of prospective participants in non-formal education, special attention was paid to the following targeted topics:

• “Planning and Organising the Educational Process for the 2026/2027 Academic Year in Preschool Education Institutions”;
• “Strategic Management of Preschool Education Institutions under Conditions of Change and Martial Law: Management, Branding, and Safety”;
• “STEM in Action: Integrating the ‘I Explore the World’ Course in an Engaging and Creative Way in Primary School Classrooms”;
• “Content and Specific Features of Teaching Ukrainian Language to Students in Grades 5–11 for Successful Participation in Intellectual Competitions, Tournaments, and the Junior Academy of Sciences Sections”;
• “Biology and the Integrated Course ‘Natural Sciences’: Methodological Support for Biology Teachers within the New Ukrainian School (Grades 5–9)”;
• “Teaching Foreign Literature and the ‘Golden Fund’ of Twentieth-Century World Literature”;
• “Using Google Forms for Current and Final Assessment while Studying the Modules of the Model Curriculum ‘Defence of Ukraine. Integrated Course’”;
• “Computer Science for Primary School Teachers.”

The educational process (training sessions, workshops, and practical classes) was carefully planned by specialists of the Institute of Continuing Education in fruitful cooperation with highly qualified academic staff and practitioners, authors of school textbooks and manuals, members of the juries of various stages of the All-Ukrainian Student Olympiads and intellectual competitions, as well as representatives of the departments of the School of Biology, the School of Philology, and the Education and Research Institute “Karazin Banking Institute” of Karazin University. The programme was also supported by long-standing stakeholders and practising educators from Municipal Preschool Education Institution (Nursery-Kindergarten) No. 427 of Kharkiv City Council, Kharkiv Lyceum No. 28 of Kharkiv City Council, and Kharkiv Lyceum No. 46 of Kharkiv City Council.

A distinctive feature of the 2026 courses was the organic introduction of blended learning for certain participants through one of Kharkiv’s “Underground Schools”, which strengthened the programme's practical component and contributed positively to the further development of participants’ communication and professional competencies.

The summer specialised courses brought together directors of preschool education institutions, primary school principals, and teachers of various subjects from primary and secondary education institutions of Kyivskyi, Nemyshlianskyi, Osnovianskyi, Slobidskyi, and Kholodnohirskyi districts of Kharkiv City Council, as well as educational institutions from Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi and Vilkove City Councils of Izmail District, Odesa Region, and Snihurivka City Council of Mykolaiv Region.

Summarising the results of the joint work, Director of the Institute of Continuing Education Mykhailo Tatarinov highlighted various opportunities for further cooperation in the field of postgraduate education, invited teachers and school leaders to participate in the activities of the “Vulyk” (“Beehive”) initiative, and addressed current issues and challenges facing educators today. Participants expressed their sincere gratitude to the administration of Karazin University for creating comfortable learning conditions and for providing meaningful, effective, and motivating practice-oriented approaches grounded in contemporary scientific knowledge.