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Educational Research in Ukraine

As early as 2014, we had created two web dossiers on educational research and education in general in Ukraine on the occasion of the so-called  Crimean Crisis. Now, 8 years later, the dossiers have regained a sad topicality due to Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine.  

The Crimean Crisis, which was an indirect implication of the 2013 Euromaidan protests in Ukraine, was at the centre of politics, media and public discourse since February 2014.
Unfortunately, many of the websites in the field of Ukrainian educational research are available in Ukrainian only. We nevertheless tried to provide a summary on the information that can be found on the respective websites.
Amongst others, the dossier provides a small insight into language issues in Ukraine, which were one of the reasons for protests by the Russian majority living on the Crimean Peninsula against the new Ukrainian government.
A special focus is also dedicated to the issue of inclusion in Ukraine.
The dossier is structured as follows:

Professional Associations and Societies

Ukraine
Homepage of the Academy for Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine (NAPS). The Academy has 5 departments and 17 institutes that do research in different pedagogical and educational fields. Unfortunately, the superordinate website is available in Ukrainian only. It provides information on the history, structure, current activities of the [...]

Ukraine
The website National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU or NAS) provides a first impression of its content via the English navigation menu. Unfortunately, most of the contents under these English labels are in Ukrainian language. You will find some English information in the "Brief annual reports in English", the conference [...]

Research History, Themes and Trends

Ukraine; international
This website provides introductory texts for students. The text about "Basics of Social and Educational Research (Lecture)" linked here provides an general overview over educational research in an Ukrainian perspectivem even though the focus is not solely on Ukrainian educational research. The website provides further [...]

The present state of Ukraine is characterised by internal instability which, on the one hand is maintained by a common feeling that the coherence of state and nation should not be contested as such. On the other hand this coherence is permanently jeopardised by non-existence of a stable national identity which might comprise all citizens of ethnic, religious and historical [...]

Ukraine; Russian Federation
In this article of 2008, the researchers Laada Bilaniuka and Svitlana Melnyk explore the history, the current meaning, the language policy and the conflict about the use of Russian and Ukrainian language in Ukraine. The article appeared in: International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, Volume 11, [...]

Ukraine
V.A.Suchomlinskij (1918 - 1970) is one of the great pedagogues in the field of alternative education. His writings have been translated into 53 languages. His most famous book is "My heart belongs to the children". German researchers cooperated with the "Ukrainian Suchomlinskij Society" (Kiev) at the beginning of years 2000. The [...]

Ukraine
Ukraine-Analyses regularly publishes analyses of the recent political, economic and social developments in Ukraine. One sub-topic is education and science. The authors are international scientist and experts. [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]

"This paper is part of a larger study in progress. Drawing on a Foucauldian concept of governmentality, it explores the major political and educational discourses which inform the external testing of schoolgraduates reform in Ukraine. The study interprets the introduction of standardized testing within awider framework of shifting rationalities of policy-making in Ukraine [...]

Ukraine
Article written by the researchers Sharon A. Raver und Kateryna Kolchenko about the inclusion of school-age children with disabilities in Ukraine. Preprint of the article in: Childhood Education, Volume 83, Issue 6, 2007, Special Issue: International Focus Issue 2007. [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]

Ukraine; Belarus; Russian Federation
This Russian language website provides a lot of information on disability in Ukraine, Russia and Belarus. You can look up thematic keywords, links to organisations in the three countries, authors and their publications. Many links also provide fulltexts (reports, articles, analyses, guides, guidelines, and [...]

Ukraine; Canada
Short final report of a Canadian-Ukrainian project to support inclusive education in Ukraine. Unfortunately, the project website is offline since 2016. An older version of the website as of 22.06.2016 from the Internet [...]

Conferences

Ukraine
Beginning 07.11.2013
Original title of the conference: Джерельна та історіографічна основа сучасних [...]

Ukraine
Beginning 17.10.2013
Original title of the conference: "Історико-педагогічні дослідження в Україні: сучасний [...]

Ukraine
Beginning 20.02.2014
"RESEARCH TRENDS CONFERENCE 2014 (Google automatic translation): 1. Psycho-pedagogical and methodological foundations for training specialists 2. Actual problems of linguistics and learning foreign languages ​​ 3. Modern trends in the national legal system and the political and legal relations ( 4. Challenges of the Information [...]

Journals

Ukraine; international
The Ukrainian National Library Vernadsky provides a database for scientific journals. You will find here a link to a search result for the word "Pedagogics" (Педагогіка) in the title of the respective journals. Each journal has a small informational text and [...]

Ukraine; international
The Ukrainian National Library Vernadsky provides a database for scientific journals. You will find here a link to a search result for the word "teach* / pedagocical" (Педагогічний) in the title of the respective journals. Each journal has a small [...]

Ukraine; international
The Ukrainian National Library Vernadsky provides a database for scientific journals. You will find here a link to a search result for the word "Education" (Освіта) in the title of the respective journals. Each journal has a small informational text and partly also fulltexts of the [...]

Research Institutes and Centres

Ukraine
Website of the Institutе of Pedagogy and Psychology of Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University (LNU) in Kiev. The website informs in English about the history of the institute as well as its departments. Not all of them have English descriptions. You will find the following depratments:
- Department of Pre-school [...]

Ukraine
Website of the Department of Education, Theory and History of Pedagogy at the National Dragomanov Pedagogical University Kiev. The website provides information about the history, structure and organisation of the department, about research and teaching activities, publications and more. Unfortunately, the website is available only in [...]

Ukraine
Website of the Department of Psychology, Pedagogy and Philosophy at Kremenchuk National University. The website provides ample information about the history, structure and organisation of the department, about research and teaching activities, publications of every faculty member, events and much more. Unfortunately, the website is [...]

Ukraine
The H.S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University has several institutes and departments dealing with education and pedagogy. Their websites provide information on the history, structure and organisation of the departments, about research and teaching activities, publications and more. You will find the following institutes [...]