In the period from 15 to 19 of October, 2018, teachers of our university, Ph.D., senior lecturer Tetiana Marieieva (Department of Preschool Pedagogy and Psychology) and Ph.D., senior lecturer Oleksandr Ignatenko (Department of Theory and Methodology of Primary Education) visited Afyon Kocatepe University (Turkey) within the framework of academic mobility Erasmus +.

The main purpose of the visit was to exchange experience and technologies for the training of future specialists in pre-school and primary education.

In particular, Tetiana Marieieva acquainted Turkish students with the system of preschool education in Ukraine and represented lectures on the problem of pedagogical skills and professional image of the teacher.

Oleksandr Ignatenko visited a number of laboratories in the university (electronics, robotics, materials science, and computers) and familiarized with the peculiarities of the organization of training students of the engineering faculty.

In addition, Ukrainian teachers had the opportunity to observe practical classes in English with future teachers of elementary school, to visit university library and one of the secondary schools in the city of Afyon.

The internship and teaching program gave the opportunity to talk with Turkish colleagues on the specific construction of curriculum subjects and programs for prospective teachers; and to agree on the possibility of joint research projects and scientific conferences.

At the end of the working visit, Ukrainian teachers received certificates confirming their participation in Teaching mobility programs (Tetiana Marieieva) and Training mobility (Oleksandr Ignatenko).

We would like to thank the teachers and staff of Afyon Kocatepe University for the warm and friendly reception, organizing excursions to university’s departments and educational institutions, to cultural and religious monuments of the city and look forward to the visit of Turkish colleagues.

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