MAKARENKO STUDIES AS A RESOURCE FOR TRAINING MODERN EDUCATIONAL MANAGERS

The innovative experience of the Poltava Makarenko branch on the creation of methodological support for the elective discipline "Fundamentals of Modern Makarenko Studies" for applicants for the third, master's, higher education within the educational-professional program "Management of Educational Institution" specialty 073 Management. It is emphasized that, choosing the form of methodological support of the discipline, the authors focused on this type of manual, which would not only cover all major aspects of Macarenko, but also present them in the context of professionally oriented disciplines. The logic of constructing the content of the developed textbook provides coverage of three main aspects of modern Makarenko studies: life and personality of AS Makarenko; the science of AS Makarenko in the international and domestic dimensions; practical and controversial issues of perception of the legacy of an outstanding teacher-writer. The book of such purpose, format and content is not only able to fill its place in a number of mandatory attributes of Makarenko as a scientific field, but also to contribute to the formation of professional competencies of future educational managers by updating the didactic potential of rich national historical and pedagogical heritage.

Clark Tibbitts Award and Hiram J. Friedsam Mentorship Award Lectures

The Clark Tibbitts Award lecture will feature an address by Debra Dobbs, PhD, FGSA in memory of the 2021 award recipient, Kathryn Hyer, PhD, FGSA. AGHE's Clark Tibbitts Award was established in 1980 and named for an architect of the field of gerontological education. The award is given each year to an individual or organization that has made an outstanding contribution to the advancement of gerontology and geriatrics education. The Hiram J. Friedsam Award lecture will feature an address by the 2021 award recipient, Pamela Elfenbein, MSW, PhD, FAGHE, HS-BCP. Hiram J. Friedsam was the professor, co-founder, and director of the Center for Studies in Aging and dean of the School of Community Service at the University of Northern Texas. Dr. Friedsam was an outstanding teacher, researcher, colleague, and mentor to students, faculty, and administrators, as well as a past president of AGHE. The purpose of this award is to recognize those who emulate Dr. Friedsam's excellence in mentorship.

RESEARCH CENTERS OF DOMESTIC MAKARENKO STUDIES

The article for the first time in domestic science systematizes the history of formation and development of Ukrainian centers for the study of the creativity heritage of the outstanding teacher and writer A. Makarenko. It is emphasized that Ukraine is an integral and important part of the world Makarenko studies process, it has been at the origins of this area of research and has remained one of its driving forces for many years.The first independent Makarenko center of Ukraine was a research center formed at the Ivan Franko Lviv State University. Its initiator and long-term leader was F. Naumenko, who in the difficult socio-political conditions of the Western Ukrainian community managed to actualize in the first postwar years this promising scientific direction, unite around him young scientists and create a powerful Makarenko school. Authoritative and one of the oldest Ukrainian centers for the study of the heritage of A. Makarenko is the Kharkiv Makarenko School, personified by scientists of the Kharkiv National Hryhoriy Skovoroda Pedagogical University. A characteristic feature of this scientific center is the almost equivalent representation in it of both pedagogical and literary directions of A. Makarenko’s heritage development. The proximity of Poltava V. Korolenko Pedagogical University with the name of an outstanding teacher-reformer inspires bright traditions of research activity of student and teaching staff, including the activities of Makarenko’s student group, Research Laboratory of A. Makarenko and International and All-Ukrainian Makarenko Center, the creation of the State Museum-Reserve A. Makarenko in the village of Kovalivka near Poltava and the Internet resource “Makarenkiana”, holding annual international scientific conferences, unique editions of archival documents and more. Sumy State A. Makarenko Pedagogical University is also a powerful Makarenko center, which has a deep tradition of development of this area of historical and pedagogical science.

SCIENTIFIC AND PEDAGOGICAL ACTIVITY OF A. P. NECHAEV IN RUSSIA AND KAZAKHSTAN: ON THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS BIRTH

The article shows the stages of life of the outstanding teacher, psychologist, scientist and educator A.P.Nechaev, exiled to Kazakhstan. describing the main milestones and dynamics of the formation of experimental pedagogy in the early twentieth century. His name is associated with many innovative methods of scientific research for its time, the priority of the development of syndrome psychology, which laid the basic provisions of differential psychophysiology. The current ideas of the scientist about the integrity of the study and the spiritual and moral development of the individual are highlighted.

Oleksandra Yakivna Savchenko. Lessons of cooperation and communication: a collection of materials of the All-Ukrainian pedagogical readings in memory of O.Ya. Savchenko “Oleksandra Yakivna Savchenko. Lessons of cooperation and communication “, Kyiv, November 4, 2021 (scientific electronic edition)

The collection includes materials of participants of the 1st All-Ukrainian pedagogical readings in memory of O.Ya. Savchenko “Oleksandra Yakivna Savchenko. Lessons of Cooperation and Communication ”(Kyiv, November 4, 2021), which highlights the life and milestones of an outstanding teacher, researcher in the area of didactics, author of numerous scientific papers, teaching aids for a wide range of educators, textbooks for students of primary classes of secondary education.

Hiram J. Friedsam Mentorship Award Lecture

The Hiram J. Friedsam Award lecture will feature an address by the 2020 award recipient, Karen Kopera-Frye, PhD, MPA, FGSA, FAGHE. Hiram J. Friedsam was the professor, co-founder, and director of the Center for Studies in Aging and dean of the School of Community Service at the University of Northern Texas. Dr. Friedsam was an outstanding teacher, researcher, colleague, and mentor to students, faculty, and administrators, as well as a past president of AGHE. The purpose of this award is to recognize those who emulate Dr. Friedsam’s excellence in mentorship.

SCIENTIFIC AND PEDAGOGICAL ACTIVITY OF A. P. NECHAEV IN RUSSIA AND KAZAKHSTAN: ON THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS BIRTH

The article shows the stages of life of the outstanding teacher, psychologist, scientist and educator A.P.Nechaev, exiled to Kazakhstan. describing the main milestones and dynamics of the formation of experimental pedagogy in the early twentieth century. His name is associated with many innovative methods of scientific research for its time, the priority of the development of syndrome psychology, which laid the basic provisions of differential psychophysiology. The current ideas of the scientist about the integrity of the study and the spiritual and moral development of the individual are highlighted.

Bee Pollination

The purpose of the chapter is to provide an exemplar of an inquiry-based unit on pollination for designing and implementing constructivist instructional practices while simultaneously providing outstanding teacher preparation. The unit on pollination was developed by preservice teachers through a partnership between the Monmouth Conservation Foundation and the Monmouth University School of Education. Through collective action, these institutions were able to enhance student learning on a vital part of the science curriculum, provide a rich clinical experience for pre-service teachers, and to familiarize teachers with a more constructivist approach to pre-school science instruction.

Outstanding Teachers: The Steps In Acquiring Them

Teachers are professional educators with the main task of educating, teaching, guiding, directing, training, evaluating, and evaluating students. So that it is expected to be able to produce graduates who are intelligent, qualified, competitive, noble and have noble character. The era of globalization requires high-quality teachers and is ready to compete, both at national, regional and international levels. The study aims to determine the criteria for outstanding teacher competitions in elementary schools by using a multi-site approach through schools that get national-level exceptional teachers in 2017 and 2018 in West Java, Banten and DKI Jakarta. Data collection techniques are carried out through interviews, documentation and observation, while data analysis techniques are used through data reduction, data display and conclusion drawing. The results of the study stated that the selection of outstanding elementary school teachers was intended to increase motivation, dedication, loyalty and professionalism of teachers who were expected to have a positive effect on improving performance and achievement. Criteria for selecting outstanding teachers consist of portfolio assessment, learning videos and teacher performance assessments, written tests consisting of teacher competencies and educational insights, scientific papers and scientific writing presentations. Competition in outstanding teacher competitions is so intense that it requires comprehensive collaboration between education stakeholders ranging from principals, supervisors, teacher working groups, education offices, educational quality assurance institutions, universities and commission X to the House of Representatives.