On December 19, 2025, the successful defense of the dissertation of Kateryna STARODUBTSEVA, a post graduate student of the Department of Pedagogy, on the Zoom platform, took place at Ushynsky University on the topic "Preparation of primary school teachers for the design of professional development in the system of postgraduate education" for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in specialty 015 Professional Education. The scientific supervisor is Tetyana OSIPOVA, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, Professor of the Department of Pedagogy of Ushynsky University.

The defense of the dissertation was held at a meeting of a one-time specialized academic council with the following composition: the chairman of the council is Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Pedagogy of Ushynsky University Knyazheva Iryna Anatoliivna. Reviewers: Koycheva Tetyana Ivanivna, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, Professor of the Department of Pedagogy of Ushynsky University; Balakireva Viktoriia Anatoliivna, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, Professor of the Department of Pedagogical Technologies of Primary Education, Ushynsky University. Opponents: Mukoviz Oleksiy Pavlovych, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, Professor of the Department of Pedagogy and Educational Management of the Municipal Institution of Higher Education "Odesa Academy of Continuing Education of the Odesa Regional Council"; Androsova Natalya Mykolaivna, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of Preschool and Primary Education of the Volodymyr Vynnychenko Central Ukrainian State University.

Members of the one-time specialized academic council noted the thoroughness, innovation, uniqueness, scientific novelty and undeniable practical significance of the dissertation and highly appreciated its quality and defense.

Congratulations to Kateryna STARODUBTSEVA and her scientific supervisor on a successful defense. We her further scientific achievements.