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Iryna Shkola
Position
PhD in Philology, Associate Professor at the Department of Foreign Languages and Teaching Methods
Е-mail
iv_shkola@bdpu.org.ua
Awards
- Honorary Certificates from Zaporizhzhia Oblast Directorate of Education and Science (2010, 2014);
- Note of Commendation from the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine for the progress in the professional activity (2019).
Education
2002 − Bachelor's degree in Ukrainian and English Language & Literature, P. D. Osypenko State Pedagogical Institute of Berdiansk. Teaching certification in Ukrainian and English Languages/Literature. Qualified to teach Foreign Literature.
2018 − Master's degree in Secondary Education (English Language & Literature), Berdyansk State Pedagogical University
Academic degrees and academic titles
2012 − PhD thesis in Philology, specialty 10.01.05 − Comparative Literary Criticism. Thesis topic: Reception Features of M. Cervantes' Novel 'Don Quixote' in Ukrainian and English Prose of the 1910s−1920s.
2015 − Associate Professor at the Department of Foreign Languages and Teaching Methods.
Work experience
2001−2006 − English teacher, Secondary school No. 2, Berdiansk;
2006−present − Berdyansk State Pedagogical University:
2006−2010 − Lecturer at the Department of Foreign Languages;
2010−2013 − Senior Lecturer at the Department of Foreign Languages;
2013−2024 − Associate Professor at the Department of Foreign Languages and Teaching Methods; 2024−present − Head of the Department of Foreign Languages and Teaching Methods.
Field of scientific interests
- English language teaching methodology;
- English language;
- Сomparative literary criticism;
- Іntermediality.
Grants
- 2019 − Grant for teaching Access Program graduates − “Access Alumni Civic Engagement Program (2019−2020)”;
- Regional English Language Office.
Public activity
- 2017−present − English teacher for the “English Access Microscholarship Program” from Regional English Language Office and U.S. Embassy in Kyiv;
- 2018−2021 − Scientific Secretary of the Academic Council at the Faculty of Philology and Social Communications, BSPU;
- 2022 – Co-developer of Ukraine English Access Curriculum;
- 2021−2022 − Facilitator for the “Access Program Alumni Engagement in Eastern Ukraine” project implemented with the support of RELO and the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine;
- Member of professional international organizations − TESOL International Association, TESOL−Ukraine, Childhood Education International.
Expert activity
- Supervisor for Oksana Mitrakova’s PhD thesis in programme subject area 035 Philology (2021).
- 2015−2021 − member of the Specialized Academic Council K 18.092.02 for PhD thesis defence at Berdyansk State Pedagogical University.
- The official opponent for V. V. Dmytrieva’s PhD thesis Artistic Discourse of Charles Perrault’s Blue Beard Tale in English, French and Ukrainian Literature.
- The official opponent for N. F. Khairulina’s PhD thesis Artistic Model ‘Life as a Fair’ in Ukrainian and English Literature − Poetics and Semiotics.
Advanced training, internship for the last 5 years
- 64-hour teacher training online course ‘Professional Development for Teacher Trainers,’ Arizona State University, 2021.
- 2021 − Ukraine Higher Education Teacher Excellence programme (Advanced HE, British Council, Institute of Higher Education NAES of Ukraine).
- 2021 − professional development program for academic staff ArsDocendi “Training of Educational Trainers” programme (0.5 ECTS credits/15 hours), certificate AD032/2021.
- 2022 − “Improving Teaching in Higher Education − Model and Strategy” programme, British Council in Ukraine (1.5 ECTS credits).
- 2022 − professional development programme for academic staff ArsDocendi dated August 5−12, 2022. Topic − “Training of Educational Trainers” programme (0.5 ECTS credits), certificate AD 030/2022.
- 2023 – three-week (100 hours) Intensive Professional Development in New York City, USA, dated April 26 – May 16.
- 2023 − professional development programme for academic staff ArsDocendi dated July 5−17, 2023. Scientometrics” and “Training of Educational Trainers” (1.5 ECTS credits/45 hours).
- 2023−2024 − Teaching Professional Development for Ukrainian Educators (180 hours) Childhood Education International, Regional English Language Officer RELO, U.S. Embassy, Ukraine.
- 2024 − “Professional Learning in Predeal − Authentic, Contextualized English Teaching” programme (Romania).
- University of Tartu (registry code 74001073, number of the notice of economic activities 169617) Training course “Digital Literacy as a Concept” SVNC.TK.366, 15 hours (0.5 ECTS credit points) by Narva College from 23 May 2024 to 9 June 2024.
Disciplines
- English Language.
- Subject Teaching Methods (English Language and Foreign Literature) − Module 3. Teaching English Phonetics, Grammar, and Vocabulary.
- Subject Teaching Methods (English Language and Foreign Literature) − Module 4. Teaching Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking in English.
Other, which additionally highlights the activity of the lecturer
- Developer of electronic professional development courses for the National Digital Platform for professional development of university quality education strategy developers.
- Trainer-facilitator for “Ars Docendi” faculty development courses.
- Author of more than 70 scientific publications, including 7 co-authored textbooks, 2 collective monographs, and about 60 professional articles (2 in Web of Science and 3 in Scopus).