Today, the public defense of the dissertation research of the postgraduate student of the Department of Pedagogy Natalia Mykolayivna Gudanych on the topic: "Development of cognitive initiative of future educators of preschool educational institutions by means of information and communication technologies" in specialty 011 Educational, pedagogical sciences for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy was held at Ushinsky University. The scientific supervisor of the research is Oleksiy Anatoliyovych Lystopad, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor.
The defense procedure took place in a friendly and constructive atmosphere. Natalia Gudanych demonstrated thorough scientific training, the relevance of the chosen topic and the practical value of the results obtained. Members of the specialized academic council (chairman – Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Pedagogy of Ushynsky University Knyazheva Iryna Anatoliivna; reviewers: Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor of the Department of Pedagogy of Ushynsky University Koycheva Tetyana Ivanivna, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Pedagogy of Ushynsky University Nozdrova Oksana Pavlivna; opponents: Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Preschool and Special Education, Psychology and Professional Methods of the Khmelnytsky Humanitarian and Pedagogical Academy Zdanevych Larysa Volodymyrivna, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Preschool and Special Education of Mukachevo State University Chekan Oksana Ivanivna) highly appreciated the innovative approach and the prospects for implementing the results into modern pedagogical practice.
We congratulate the guarantor of the educational and scientific program "Educational, Pedagogical Sciences" Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor Koycheva Tetyana Ivanivna, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Pedagogy Knyazheva Iryna Anatoliivna, Natalia Gudanych and her scientific supervisor on a successful defense and wish them further scientific achievements and professional accomplishments.

