Department of social pedagogy and social work

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Department of Social Pedagogy and Social Work

Today, social work is considered to be the fastest-growing and the most developed profession in Ukraine and in the world, as more and more governments and employers become aware of the considerable impact of social workers in the communities. In recent years, it has become separated as an independent niche among other spheres. Together with the improvement of regulatory and legal support of the professional activity of social field specialists and the circle of clients being expanded, the content, methods, and forms of work of social workers are also changing. Social work has undergone significant changes due to the changes in the territorial structure of Ukraine. The establishment of amalgamated territorial communities led to the reorganization of institutions that provide social services and the very system of their implementation.

On the one hand, such a situation shows the prospects for the development of this niche, but on the other hand, it poses new challenges and sets new requirements for specialist training. The Department of Social Pedagogy and Social Work of the Faculty of Pedagogical Education, which was founded under the rector’s decree, is responsible for the quality of specialist training in the social sphere.

The realization of educational and professional programs at the Department is the response to the needs of modern society, predetermined by the demand that exists at both state and regional levels. There is a need for training competitive and competent specialists in the field of social work, who will be able to solve complex specialized problems of social and individual context in a professional and comprehensive manner, as well as problems in the context of social groups, communities that provide socio-pedagogical, psychotherapeutic, correctional and rehabilitation services to socially vulnerable categories of people (persons with disabilities, the elderly; participants of hostilities and ATO / JFO (Joint Forces Operation) operations, their families; internally displaced persons, etc.).

A special feature of the Department’s activity is close cooperation of its teachers with the institutions and organizations that conduct social and socio-pedagogical work. These include the Department of Social Protection of the Department of Humanitarian Policy of Lviv City Council, Lviv City Center for Social Services for Families, Children and Youth “Mizh namy” (“Between Us”), Lviv Regional Center for Social Services, the Center for Social and Psychological Aid, Lviv Regional Council Training municipal institution and Rehabilitation Center of basic general education “Dovira” (“Trust”), Lviv Rehabilitation Center for children with musculoskeletal disorders “Dzherelo” (“Source”), secondary schools, gymnasiums, and lyceums of Lviv, NGO day-care center “Rodyna Kolpinha” (“Kolpinh`s Family”),  Charity Foundation ”Dim Myloserdia” (“House of Mercy“) named after Pope John Paul II, and others.

 

Employees

Chairperson, Associate Professor (by-worker)Vira KorniatChairperson, Associate Professor (by-worker)
Associate ProfessorVira KorniatAssociate Professor
Associate ProfessorViktoriya LobodaAssociate Professor
Associate ProfessorAlla MarchukAssociate Professor
Associate ProfessorLesia MartirosianAssociate Professor
Associate ProfessorIryna SubashkevychAssociate Professor
LecturerAnastasiia PerhaLecturer
LecturerUliana PyrihLecturer
LecturerOlha StoliarykLecturer
LecturerOlesya TsymbalaLecturer
LecturerMariia VerkholiakLecturer
Lecturer (by-worker)Марія-Тереза ШоловійLecturer (by-worker)

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Lecturers' schedule



Teaching materials

Methodological materials

  1. Qualification work: methodical recommendations for supervising teachers and 4th year bachelor students of the Faculty of Pedagogical Education, major No. 231 “Social Work”, “Social Pedagogy”  educational and professional program
  2. Methodical recommendations on writing course papers for full-time and extramural students of the Faculty of Pedagogical Education, major No. 231 Social Work.
  3. The program of professional entrance examination for obtaining Bachelor’s degree in the field of 23 Social work, major No. 231 Social work, educational program “Social pedagogy”.
  4. The program of professional entrance examination for obtaining Master’s degree in the field of 23 Social work, major No. 231 Social work, educational program “Social and psychological rehabilitation”.
  5. Syllabi of normative disciplines of educational and professional program “Social Pedagogy” for 2021 – 2022 academic year
  6. Syllabi of optional disciplines of educational and professional program “Social Pedagogy” for 2021 – 2022 academic year.
  7. Practical (introductory) training. Program and guidelines for students and supervising teachers
  8. Practical (volunteer) training. Program and guidelines for supervising teachers and students.
  9. Work experience (social) internship. Program and guidelines for supervising teachers and fourth-year students of major No. 231 “Social Work”.

Started a special series of talks exploring Ukrainian higher education in times of war within the Global Seminars on Comparative and International Education.

07.02.2024 | 15:25

On January 24, at the Department of Education, University of Oxford, on UNESCO’s International Day of Education, with this year’s theme of “learning for lasting peace”, we started a special series of talks exploring Ukrainian higher education in times of war within the Global Seminars on Comparative and International Education.
I thank Dr Maia Chankseliani, Associate Professor at the University of Oxford, convenor of the Global Public Seminars on Comparative and International Education, and academic mentor of my research project at...

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Students of Lviv University are invited to participate in the courses of Charles University (Prague)

06.02.2023 | 21:40

Ivan Franko National University of Lviv and Charles University in Prague are committed to intensifying cooperation at all structural levels. The universities have not only become partners in the Eastern Partnership Cluster University initiative but have also taken organizational steps to find common ground in teaching and research at the departmental level.
On the part of Charles University, the Department Pre-primary and Primary Education Department is interested in the work of the Department of Primary and Preschool Education at Ivan Franko...

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Associate Professor of the Department of General Pedagogics and Pedagogics of Higher Education Dr. Yuliya Zayachuk gave a talk by the invitation of the Centre for Global Higher Education, University of Oxford, UK.

27.11.2022 | 11:10

Associate Professor of the Department of General Pedagogics and Pedagogics of Higher Education Dr. Yuliya Zayachuk gave a talk on Higher education in Ukraine: challenges and responses by the invitation of the Centre for Global Higher Education, University of Oxford, UK.
On November 22, 2022, Associate Professor of the Department of General Pedagogics and Pedagogics of Higher Education Dr. Yuliya Zayachuk, gave a talk on Higher education in Ukraine: challenges and responses by the invitation of the Centre for Global...

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First meeting of dear graduates

20.06.2022 | 10:04

18.06.2022 was our first meeting of dear graduates started a wonderful tradition and imprinted an unchanging date – the third Saturday of June! ✨
Graduates, teachers, advisers, heads of departments and the administration of the dean’s office had the opportunity to recall how it was then, what has changed now, planned new meetings.
The dean of the Faculty of Pedagogical Education, Associate Professor Dmytro Hertsyuk, Head of the Department of Primary and Preschool Education, Professor Natalia Machynska, Head of the Department of...

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