May 17, 2018, the International Ethnopestium "Peace-Friendship" was held at South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University named after K. D. Ushynsky. The festival was organized by the ABE Foundation and held within the framework of the Week of Good Things. The festive event was attended by creative collectives of the city and the region: choir "Polish Kvit", ensemble "Kaleidoskop" (Ovidiopil), the choreographic team "Orhestra" (Ushynsky University, director N. Lisovska) and many others.

May 4-6, 2018, in the city of Lviv, at the Palace of Culture named after Hnat Khotkevych, the International Festival of Arts "Star Gramophone Talents 2018" was held.

Within the framework of celebrating the Day of Science at the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University named after K. D. Ushynsky, a series of events was conducted aimed at spreading modern scientific ideas and approaches among students.
In particular, on May 16, 2018 Professor of the Department of Higher Mathematics and Statistics, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences Pivovarchyk Vyacheslav Nikolaevich gave an open lecture on "Spectral theory of graphs: standard and non-standard".
May 17, 2018, a lecture on "General Secondary Education: Past, Present, Future" was held by Dean of the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics, Associate Professor Ordanovska Olexandra Igorivna. The event was attended by faculty students.

May 22, at the Faculty of Preschool Pedagogy and Psychology, an exhibition of scientific works of the Faculty staff for students and teachers was held.
At the exhibition, the collections of articles in scientific periodicals, indexed by Web of Science and Copernicus, monographs, textbooks, teaching aids of trainers of the Department of Theory and Methodology of Preschool Education, the Chair of Family and Special Pedagogy and Psychology, and the Chair of Preschool Pedagogy were presented. The congratulatory speech was made by Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, full member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Honored Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine, laureate of the State Prize in Education A.M. Bogush and Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, the Dean of the Faculty of Preschool Pedagogy and Psychology T.G. Zharovtseva.

On May 19, 2018, the Department of Theory and Methodology of Practical Psychology of the Social and Humanitarian Faculty of South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University named after K. D. Ushynsky (responsible teachers Sinelnikova T.V., Pivovarchik I. M., Koval K. I.) together with the Odessa-based branch of the Ukrainian Union of Psychotherapists held a scientific and practical conference "Man and Woman". Own master classes presented by leading psychologists, addicts, psychotherapists of different directions. The submitted topics were interesting and useful for both professionals and students.

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Congratulations to Tarasenko Mariya Olexandrivna 1 st year student (shortened term) of the Faculty of Preschool Pedagogy and Psychology with the victory in the 2nd stage of the All-Ukrainian Student Olympiad in the field of knowledge 01 Education / Pedagogy in specialty 012 Preschool education, held on May 17-18, 2018 at H. S. Skovoroda Kharkiv Pedagogical University. Maria Tarasenko took the 2nd place and became the winner in the nomination "For the high level of theoretical knowledge about the method of familiarizing children with nature". The Dean’s office expresses gratitude to the Chair of the theory and methodology of preschool education Professor A.M. Bogush, associate professor Yu.A. Rudenko (supervisor) for training and support.

One of the main activities of the department is the research work, which includes the development of a scientific theme "The research of the poetics of artistic work and issues of comparative studies", which is part of the general university scientific direction - fundamental research on the most important issues of natural sciences, social sciences, and the humanities. The scientific issue of the department is to study the text as an artistic issue.
In connection with this, the department organized a temporary creative team, the results of which are published monographs, manuals, and it indicates the constant increase of the scientific and methodological level of teachers. The lecturers of the department work on the study of modern literary issues.