TERNOPIL REGIONAL COMMUNAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE PEDAGOGICAL EDUCATION/ INSTITUTE FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF TEACHERS' QUALIFICATIONS, THROUGH THE PRISM OF LEADERS (1940s – MID-1970s)

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35774/gsip2025.02.113

Keywords:

Institute for Teacher Training, education in western Ukraine, postgraduate teacher training, ideology, Ternopil region

Abstract

Based on an analysis of archival sources and publicly available sources from the period between the 1940s and the mid-1970s, this study analyzes the chronological framework of changes in the institution's leadership. Their biographies, material and living conditions, financing of scientific and teaching staff, as well as interaction with other postgraduate education institutions are examined. The research methodology is based on the comprehensive application of general scientific methods (analysis, comparison, synthesis, generalization) and special historical methods, in particular historical-systemic and chronological methods. The scientific novelty of the study lies in the fact that there is no complete and comprehensive study on the management of the institute in the scientific literature today, or it is only partial. The particular value of such a study lies in the opportunity to comprehensively study the cyclical nature of changes in the leadership of postgraduate pedagogical education in the Ternopil region in the context of Ukraine as a whole. The article reveals the phased nature of the change of leaders, describes the period of the institute's functioning without a director and its consequences. An analysis of the social, financial, and legal conditions for regulating the issue of the institution's leadership is provided.The process of close cooperation with the regional department of public education is described, and the location of the institute and the geography of teacher training courses are traced. The article touches upon the issue of regulatory and legal regulation of the appointment of directors of postgraduate education institutions, etc. An analysis of the administrative, organizational, methodological, and pedagogical activities of the heads of the institute for teacher training/postgraduate pedagogical education is made through the prism of historical dimension.

Author Biography

Iryna NEDOSHYTKO, West Ukrainian National University

PhD in History, Associate Professor

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Published

2026-01-29

How to Cite

NEDOSHYTKO, I. . (2026). TERNOPIL REGIONAL COMMUNAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE PEDAGOGICAL EDUCATION/ INSTITUTE FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF TEACHERS’ QUALIFICATIONS, THROUGH THE PRISM OF LEADERS (1940s – MID-1970s). HUMANITARIAN STUDIES: HISTORY AND PEDAGOGY, (2), 113–124. https://doi.org/10.35774/gsip2025.02.113