Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman

Svitlana Stavytska

Department:Department of Pedagogy and Psychology
Position:Professor
Teacher degree:professor
Degree:Doctor of philosophical sciences
Teaching Experience:34

Stavytska Svitlana Oleksiivna – Doctor of Psychological Sciences (2013), Professor (2014), Professor departments Pedagogy and Psychology (2021)  Faculty of Human Resources Management, Sociology and Psychology; Excellent Educationist of Ukraine (2006). Honored Worker of Education of Ukraine (2015).

Education

          In 1980, she graduated with honors from the Pereyaslav-Khmelnytsky Pedagogical College with a degree in "Primary School Teacher," and in 1989 - from the Kyiv State Pedagogical Institute named after O. M. Gorky, Faculty of Pedagogy, with a degree in Pedagogy and Psychology (School), qualification "Teacher-Researcher in Pedagogy and Psychology" and began working as a lecturer at the Department of Psychology. In 1999, she defended her PhD thesis, " Psychological and Pedagogical Conditions for Overcoming Personal Anxiety in Primary School Children," and in 2013, her doctoral thesis, "Genesis of Spiritual-Consciousness of Youth." In 2002, she received the title of Associate Professor, and in 2014, the title of Professor.

          Work Expirience

Since graduating in 1989, Svitlana Oleksiivna has had 30 years of continuous experience in psychological-pedagogical and scientific work at the National Pedagogical Dragomanov University (NPU). She has held positions as a lecturer, postgraduate student, associate professor, and doctoral student in the Department of Psychology. From 2014 to 2021, she was a professor and head of the Department of General and Social Psychology and Psychotherapy.

From 2008 to 2012, she was the Deputy Director for Educational and Methodological Work and the Scientific and Methodological Council Chair at the Institute of Sociology, Psychology, and Social Communications. She was also a member of the editorial board of the professional journal International Scientific Forum: Sociology, Psychology, Pedagogy, Management.

Since 2014, at her initiative, an international scientific and practical conference, Methods and Technologies of Social Psychology and Psychotherapy in Modern Society, has been organized and held.

From 2018 to 2020, she was the guarantor of the educational and scientific master's program in Social Psychology and Psychotherapy and the educational and professional master's program in Social Psychology.

From 1999 to 2021, she was a member of two specialized academic councils for the defense of candidate and doctoral dissertations:

  • K 26.053.10(19.00.07 – Pedagogical and Developmental Psychology)
  • K 26.053.09(13.00.05 – Social Pedagogy)
  • D.26.001.26(19.00.05 – Social Psychology, Psychology of Social Work)

          Since 2021, he has been a professor at the Department of Pedagogy and Psychology, Faculty of Management, Sociology and Psychology, Vadym Hetman Kyiv National University of Economics.

         Since 2023, I have been the guarantor of ONP 053. "Psychology" (specialty "Economic and Social Psychology").

Awards and Honorary titles

      For her productive educational and scientific work, she has been awarded:

  • A certificate of appreciation from the Rector of NPU
  • The H. S. Kostiuk Medal for Scientific Achievements
  • The Dragomanov Family Medal
  • A letter of appreciation from the Mayor of Kyiv
  • An Honorary Certificate from the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine
  • A certificate of recognition from the National Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine
  • The honorary title Excellence in Education of Ukraine (2006)
  • The title Honored Worker of Education of Ukraine (2015).

    For her successful public activities (serving as Deputy Chair of the Trade Union Organization of NPU from 2005 to 2019, responsible for drafting the Collective Agreement between the university administration and staff), she received:

  • A Certificate of Recognition and an Honorary Certificate from the Trade Union Council of Education and Science Workers of Kyiv
  • An Honorary Certificate from the Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraine
  • An Honorary Certificate from the Central Committee of the Trade Union of Education and Science Workers of Ukraine

       Professional Development and Internships

  1. International ProfessionalTraining (webinar): on the topic: “Academic integrity in the education of masters and PHD candidates in the European Union and Ukraine”. 20 hours of practical sessions and 13 hours of self-study. The skills improvement program (webinar) in made up of 1.5. ECTS credits (45 hours) including. 12 hours of lectures in the following disciplines: Modern theories and psychotechnologies of influence. Current problems of economic and social psychology 14 th – 23 th of February, 2025. Lublin (Republic of Poland). СERTIFICATE  ESN  22879   23.02.2025.

  2. Borys  Grinchenko Kyiv Metropolitan University. Certificate No. MNK/24-57. Duration: 6 hours / 0.2 ECTS credits. "Enhancing Professional Competencies in Implementing Theoretical and Practical Approaches to Modernizing Higher Pedagogical Education on an Interdisciplinary Basis." November 20, 2024, Kyiv, Ukraine.
  3. National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine, G. S. Kostiuk Institute of Psychology, I. O. Synitsa Learning Psychology Laboratory. Certificate Series KS No. 2024-11-12-04-44. Duration: 12 hours (0.4 ECTS credits). "Current Issues in Learning Psychology in the Modern Socio-Cultural Context."
  4. Certificate. June 17-19, 2024, Rome, Italy. Duration: 12 hours (0.4 ECTS credits). "Modern Technologies Among Us in the Environment."
  5. Certificate. April 10-11, 2024, Kyiv-Mykolaiv. (0.4 ECTS credits). "The Ukrainian Family in Intercultural and Transdisciplinary Dimensions of Modernity."
  6. International Educational School. "The Cloud Storage Service for Online Studying on the Example of the Zoom Platform." August 10-17, 2020 (Lublin, Republic of Poland). Conducted via Zoom. Certificate (1.5 ECTS credits – 45 hours: 12 hours of lectures, 20 hours of practical work, 13 hours of independent study and test preparation). (Webinar).
  7. "Development of Pedagogical Competencies of Teachers" UGEN, NMCONP, Department of Quality Assurance in Education, Employment Sector of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, supported by JTI, KPMG. Certificate (Course Volume: 1 ECTS credit – 30 hours), issued on March 1, 2021.
  8. Advanced Training at Hryhorii Skovoroda University in Pereiaslav under the educational course program "Art Therapy Health Technologies" (for teachers, psychologists, practical psychologists, etc.). Certificate PC 37/01_28.02.2022/013, issued on February 28, 2022, No. 013/22 (Course Volume: 4 ECTS credits – 120 hours).
  9. Advanced Training at Hryhorii Skovoroda University in Pereiaslav under the educational course program "Metaphorical Associative Images in the Practice of Psychological and Pedagogical Support for Children and Adults" (for teachers of psychological disciplines, psychologists, practical psychologists). Certificate of successful completion and professional competency enhancement. PC 10/03_30.06.2022/09, issued on June 30, 2022, No. 072/22 (Course Volume: 3 ECTS credits – 90 hours).
  10. "Mental Health Preservation and Resilience Development in Wartime Conditions." October 24, 2022. Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Certificate (7 academic hours – 0.2 ECTS credits). Series KSS No. 2022-10.24.049.
  11. "Current Issues in Learning Psychology in the Modern Socio-Cultural Context." National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine, G. S. Kostiuk Institute of Psychology, I. O. Synitsa Learning Psychology Laboratory. Certificate (8 hours – 0.3 ECTS credits). Series KSS No. 2022-02-10-68, issued on November 2, 2022.

Patents and Copyrights:

  1. "General Psychology: Practicum." Copyright Registration Certificate No. 99477.
  2. Stavitska S. O., Voloshina V. V. "Social Psychology: Practicum." Copyright Registration Certificate No. 99511.
  3. Kutishenko V. P., Stavitska S. O. "Developmental Psychology and Age Psychology: Practicum." Copyright Registration Certificate No. 72619, issued on June 30, 2017.
  4. Stavitska S. O. Monograph "Spiritual Consciousness of Personality: Formation and Development in Youth." Copyright Registration Certificate No. 110624, issued on December 28, 2021.

Other Information:

Dissertation Supervision:Supervised PhD dissertations in Psychology (053):

  • O. K. Prachenko. "Development of Gender Tolerance in Resolving Interpersonal Conflicts in Youth" (2021).
  • O. V. Anopriienko. "Parental Behavior Style as a Factor in the Emergence and Overcoming of Chronic Stress in Adolescence" (2017).
  • S. M. Labinska. "Psychological Factors in the Development of Adolescent Aspirations in Learning Activities" (2016).
  • O. I. Malyar. "Voluntary Emotional Regulation and Its Development Factors in Young Schoolchildren" (2015).
  • L. M. Novik. "Psychological Factors of Subjectivity Development in Youth" (2015).
  • N. G. Pylypenko. "Intellectual Component in the Formation of Youth Life Strategies" (2014).
  • T. O. Hetman. "Psychological Factors of Health Preservation in Young Schoolchildren" (2014).
  • N. V. Hula (Khomenko). "Self-Regulation as a Factor in Overcoming Negative Psychological States in Students" (2014).

 Dissertation Opposition:

  1. Official opponent for the dissertation defense of S. L. Kravchuk. "Psychology of Forgiveness in the Interaction of Subjects of Military-Political Events," defended for the Doctor of Psychological Sciences degree, specialty 19.00.11 – Political Psychology. Defense date: June 6, 2024. Confirmation: Diploma No. 013547, issued on October 2, 2024. Research conducted at the Institute of Social and Political Psychology, National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine.
  2. Official opponent for the PhD dissertation in Psychology of T. A. Lyhomyna. "Social-Psychological Factors in the Formation of the Professional Image of a Practical Psychologist in Educational Institutions." Defense date: February 4, 2024, at Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University. Confirmation: Diploma No. 002118, issued on April 1, 2024.
  3. Official opponent for the PhD dissertation in Psychology of N. A. Khvorostyanko. "Psychological Features of Social Initiative in Student Youth." Defense date: December 8, 2022, at the National Pedagogical Dragomanov University.

Professional and Community Memberships:

  • Ukrainian Psychological Association. Membership Certificate No. 00022

Professional Experience:

  • Since 2018, Expert-Psychologist at the public association "Women of Ukraine for Family Values," advising on legislative initiatives submitted to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, including participation in drafting Law No. 1404 (effective May 9, 2021).