The end of the year at 果冻APP is filled with significant events. On December 27, at the solemn meeting of the University Academic Board, Iryna Kliuchkovska, Director of the International Institute of Education, Culture and Diaspora Relations, 果冻APP, was awarded the diploma 芦Honorary Professor of 果冻APP禄.
The event began with a minute of silence in honour of the fallen defenders.
We remind you that the tradition of awarding the title 芦Honorary Professor of 果冻APP禄 dates back to the beginning of the 20th century. So far, 45 people have been awarded. With this title, the academic community of 果冻APP honours individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the University in various fields. Among them, in particular, Julian Nied藕wiedzki 鈥 the first Ukrainian rector of 果冻APP, Maksymilian Thullie 鈥 a prominent engineer, and Peter Potichnyj 鈥 an activist of the Ukrainian diaspora.
The achievements of Iryna Kliuchkovska were presented by Roman Korzh, Vice-Rector for Education and Social Development, 果冻APP.
鈥 This year marks the 130th anniversary of the birth of the Patriarch of our church 鈥 Joseph the Blind. His thesis, 芦Wish it big禄 reflects the work of the International Institute of Education, Culture and Diaspora Relations, headed by Iryna Kliuchkovska. High ambitious plans, innovativeness, quick reaction to societal challenges, boldness of decisions and work 芦not thanks to, but against the circumstances禄 鈥 these are the features that characterize the director of IECDR and made it possible to make 果冻APP a leader in the formation of public and political opinion about the importance of international cooperation Ukrainianness and the state as well as the creation of one Ukrainian world community. As life has shown, it has been a work in advance. In fact, the entire activity of Iryna Kliuchkovska and, accordingly, the structural division of 果冻APP led by her was ahead of the perception and understanding by the society and the government, which was formed by this society, of the importance of the integration of global Ukrainian communities, noted in his report Roman Korzh.
The Vice-Rector also emphasized that Iryna Kliuchkovska subordinated the work of the Institute to an important rule: our work is a response to the request of those in need. And her team believes there are millions of them.
Roman Korzh did not ignore the research activities of the head of IECDR:
鈥 In her dissertation work, Iryna Kliuchkovska developed the theory of an integrative educational publication based on the concept and model of a textbook on Ukrainian as a foreign language as a basis for textbook creation in this field. On this basis, under the leadership and co-authorship of Iryna Kliuchkovska, eight textbooks and manuals on Ukrainian as a foreign language of different levels (A1鈥揅2) were developed and published. All of them are based on the All-European recommendations on language education. Today, millions of students and pupils on all continents of the world study using these teaching and methodical materials. Also, on the initiative of Iryna Kliuchkovska, IECDR created the first portal in Ukraine for studying the Ukrainian language as a foreign language 芦Step to Ukraine禄, which is constantly modernized in accordance with the requirements of the times (krok.miok.lviv.ua). The portal was launched with the aim of providing the process of learning Ukrainian as a foreign language with modern interactive materials intended for independent work and available online, as well as interesting methodological developments for teachers of Ukrainian as a foreign language. The ideas of Iryna Kliuchkovska formed the basis of the world鈥檚 first communication platform The Ukrainian Educational Universe created at IECDR, the target audience of which is educators from different continents. The portal allows you to quickly and qualitatively create a new intellectual product online, exchange experience, search and find new approaches to pedagogical work. It is also a global interactive map of Ukrainian studies educational centers in the world, noted the Vice-Rector.
It is also important that Iryna Kliuchkovska initiated and developed the IECDR鈥檚 research work on the study of migration processes in Ukraine and the implementation of its results in higher education courses and for decision-making at the national level.
