On February 7, 2025, at the Institute of Creative Thinking “OZ CREDO”, USA, with the support of the South Ukrainian Center for Professional Development of Managers and Specialists in the Socioeconomic Sphere of Ushynsky University, the international advanced training (internship) “DEVELOPMENT OF CREATIVITY AS A RESOURCE OF INNOVATIVE PERSONALITY POTENTIAL: PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PEDAGOGICAL ASPECTS” officially launched, in which teachers and scientific and pedagogical workers from 21 educational institutions of 13 regions of Ukraine (Odesa, Kyiv, Cherkasy, Kharkiv, Sumy, Chernivtsi, Khmelnytskyi, Ivano-Frankivsk, Chernihiv, Vinnytsia, Donetsk, Mykolaiv and Zaporizhia) participate.
The international internship program was opened by Hanna MUZYCHENKO, Vice-Rector for Research at Ushynsky University, who introduced the main speaker of the advanced training program, Olha Zbarska, and emphasized the importance of developing creative thinking in the realities of modern higher education and the possibilities of future cooperation with the Institute of Creative Thinking "OZ CREDO".
Director of the South Ukrainian Center for Professional Development of Managers and Specialists in the Socioeconomic Sphere, Natalia CHERNENKO, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, Professor of the Department of Educational Management and Public Administration, introduced the organizational aspects and the possibility of 24-hour technical support, and emphasized that participants in the international internship will receive certificates that will be placed in the US state register "Aspire".
Olha ZBARSKA, PhD in Psychology and Administration of the Socioeconomic Sphere, expert in the field of human creative potential, member of the ACSW Academy, member of The Textbook & Academic Authors Association, founder and president of the company "OZCREDO", author of books and textbooks, member of the Academy of Clinical and Social Work of the USA, expert in accreditation of educational courses, member of the expert methodological commission, which reviews new academic publications for US universities and determines the winners in three nominations: publications that highlight promising scientific aspects; publications are informational and classic textbooks that have been studied for a long time and are relevant.
Olha ZBARSKA was a lecturer in advanced training courses for UN employees on creative thinking, is the developer of 50 licensed advanced training courses.
During her speech, Ms. Olha ZBARSKA presented the first topic of advanced training "EDUCATION SYSTEM IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA".
Translation during the meeting was provided by Ilona DERIK, Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Translation and Theoretical and Applied Linguistics of Ushynsky University.
Project coordination and cooperation are provided by Olha Papach, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of Mathematics and Methods of Its Teaching at Ushynsky University.
After the event, participants had the opportunity to fill out a feedback questionnaire, which will allow the organizers to take into account their wishes for future meetings.
The next meeting will be held on February 14, 2025 at 4:00 p.m. on the Zoom platform, where pedagogical and scientific-pedagogical workers will focus on issues of professional CREDO - cultivating motivation through self-determination of the individual.