Biography

Olena D. Buzova was born on 26 May 1967 in the village of Nosovka, Chernihiv oblast.

1988 – graduated from O.S. Pushkin State Musical and Pedagogical Institute of Kirovohrad;

1988-1996 – worked at Berdiansk Teachers’ Training Institute as a lecturer at the Department of the Theory of Music and Musical Instruments, teaching such subjects as the Main Musical Instrument, Conducting, An Additional Musical Instrument, Vocal, Methods of Musical Education, the History of Musical Art and was the head of the vocal group;

1995-1996 – performed the duties of the head of the folk group Khurtovyna (Snowstorm);

1996-2000 – studied at the postgraduate school of National Pedagogical Dragomanov University;

2001 – Senior Lecturer at the Department of Musical Education;

2004 – successfully defended her PhD thesis Polyartistic Education as a Means of Improving Musical Training of a Future Music Teacher (thesis adviser – Halyna M. Padalka, Doctor of Pedagogy, Professor at National Pedagogical Dragomanov University) and obtained her PhD in Pedagogy degree.

2009 – Associate Professor of the Department of Musical Education; has been teaching such subjects as the History of Foreign Music, Choir Conducting, Choir Studies and Choir Arrangement, Methods of Teaching Conducting and Choral Disciplines with a Practical Training Session at Higher Education Establishments, etc;

2010 – a co-author of the collective monograph Modern Professional Training of a Teacher to Teach Art Disciplines at a Comprehensive School: Problems, Searches and Findings;

2012 – published an individual monograph Improving the Professional Training of a Future Music Teacher by Means of Polyartistic Education;

2014 – a co-author of the collective monograph The Development of an Artistic and Aesthetic World View of Teachers of Art Disciplines Based on the Integrative Approach.

The artistic director of the folk song group Zolotyi Homin (Golden Chorus).

Scientific publications

2012

1. Buzova O.D. Improvement of Professional Training of Future Music Teachers by Means of Polyartistic Education: monograph / Olena Buzova. – Berdiansk: BSPU, 2012. – 168 p.
2. Buzova O.D. The History of Foreign Music. Choir Studies / Olena Buzova // Collection of Educational Programs for Profession Oriented Disciplines as per Training Programme 6.020204 Musical Art. – Berdiansk: BSPU, 2012. – P. 6 – 32; 290 – 299.

2013

3. Buzova O.D. Basic principles of Polyartistic Education of a Future Music Teacher / O.D. Buzova // Collection of Scientific Works of Berdiansk State Pedagogical University (Pedagogical Sciences, special issue). – Berdiansk: Publisher Tkachuk O.V., 2013. – P. 38 – 44.
4. Buzova O.D. Polyartistic Education in the Light of Modern Psychological Research / O.D. Buzova // Scientific Journal of National Pedagogical Dragomanov University. Series 14 (19) / The Theory and Methods of Art Education: Collection of Scientific Works. – K.: NPU, 2013. – P. 159 – 163.
5. Buzova O.D. Quality Criteria for the Training of Future Music Teachers in the Subjects of the Conductor and Choral Cycle / O.D. Buzova // Proceedings of the 1st International Scientific and Practical Internet Conference ‘Training a Competitive Specialist in Preschool and Primary Education: Realities and Prospects’. – Lutsk, 2013. – P.123 – 129.

2014

6. Buzova O.D. The History of Foreign Music. Choir Studies / Olena Buzova // Means of Diagnostics of Educational Achievements of Students as per Training Programme 6.020204 Musical Art / Ed. by I.V. Dubinets. – Berdiansk: Publisher Tkachuk O.V., 2014. – P.131 – 149.
7. Buzova O.D., Polyartistic Orientation of Education of Future Music Teachers by the Means of Ukrainian Ballet / Olena Buzova // The Development of an Artistic and Aesthetic World View of Teachers of Art Disciplines Based on the Integrative Approach: monograph / O.M. Otych, S.O. Solomakha, I.V. Dubinets et al. – Berdiansk: Publisher Tkachuk O.V., 2014. – P. 185–194.

2016

8. Buzova O.D. Synthesis of Arts as a Factor in the Formation of Aesthetic Attitude of Future Choreography Teachers / O.D. Buzova // Collection of Scientific Works. – BSPU (Pedagogical Sciences). – Berdiansk: BSPU, 2016. – №1. – P.17 – 24.
9. Buzova O.D. Synthesis of Arts in the Content of Music Training of Future Music Teachers / O.D. Buzova // Collection of Scientific Works of the International Scientific and Practical Conference ‘Artistic Educational Space in the Context of Formation of the Modern Educational Paradigm’. – Kropyvnytskyi, 2016. – P.77 – 85.

2017

10. Buzova O.D. Synthesis of Arts in the Content of Professional Training of Future Music Teachers/ O.D. Buzova // 1st International Scientific and Practical Conference “Artistic Educational Space in the Context of the Modern Educational Paradigm”. – Kropyvnytskyi. – Issue 155. – 2017 – P.41-46.
11. Buzova O.D. Complex Interaction of Arts as a Factor in the Improvement of Professional Training of Future Music Teachers”/ O.D. Buzova // 2nd International Scientific and Practical Conference ‘Artistic Educational Space in the Context of Formation of the Modern Educational Paradigm’ – Kropyvnytsky, December 13-14, 2017. – p. 88 – 93.