National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine


National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine - is a scientific institution that was established in 1992 by the special decrees of the President of Ukraine and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.

Membership and officers

The total membership of the Academy is 156 members. The Academy has 21 .
Academician :uk:Кремень Василь Григорович|Vasyl Kremen is the President of the Academy, the first Vice-President Volodymyr Luhovyi, Doctor Habilitated of Education Sciences, Professor, Academician of the NAES of Ukraine, Vice President – Oleg Topuzov, Doctor Habilitated of Education Sciences, Professor, Corresponding member of the NAES of Ukraine.

Departments

The Academy of Pedagogical Sciences has five departments.
The Academy coordinates follow Institutes and centres:
The publishing activities of the Academy is realized by the publishing house “Pedahohichna Dumka”. The main periodical editions of the Academy are the magazine “Pedahohika i Psykholohia” and Pedahohichna Hazeta. Besides the Academy is one of the founders of other professional scientific and methodical magazines such as: “The Way of Education,” “Art and Education,” “Computer at School and Home,” “Vocational and Technical Education,” “Biology and Chemistry at School,” “Ukrainian Language and Literature at School,” “Mathematics at School,” “Defectology,” “Higher Education of Ukraine,” “Continuous Vocational Education: Theory and Practice,” etc.
The Coordination Council of Pedagogical and Psychological Sciences was formed at the Presidium of the Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine.

Educational activity

Carrying out at the third educational-scientific and scientific levels of higher education. About 300 persons are at postgraduate study, 50 persons – at doctoral study. Sixteen specialized scientific councils, operating in ten subordinate institutions take part in the system of attestation of scientific and scientific-pedagogical personnel.
Preparation of higher education candidates at the first and the second educational-scientific levels and annually improvement of qualification of 5000 persons are carrying out.
The Interagency Council for the Scientific Research Coordination in the Field of Education, Pedagogy and Psychology at the Presidium of the NAES of Ukraine annually examines about 600 topics of theses for the PhD and D.Sc. scientific degrees.
Contribution to the reformation of education in Ukraine: more than 100 analytic materials, expert assessments and proposals to drafts of laws and normative and legislative documents, information, analytical, reference and statistic materials for parliamentary hearings and annual state reports are submitting annually. General secondary, vocational, higher education state standards, as well as concepts and programs of education, pedagogy and psychology development in Ukraine are working out.
The Academy works in friendly contacts with cognate scientific structures of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and other Ukrainian state academies. It establishes and renovates contacts with scientific institutes of SND and other foreign countries.
For the purpose of Ukraine integration in the European and world system of education, pedagogical and psychological sciences the contacts are established with UNESCO, Council of Europe, other international organizations.