National Tempus / Erasmus+
Office in Ukraine

IDEA 1

1. Name of university interested in participating in TEMPUS project:

Faculty of Biology, Geography and Ecology, Kherson State University, Ukraine/ факультет біології, географії та екології Херсонського державного університету

2. Main field of activities: Educational, methodological and scientific activity; international cooperation.

The Faculty of Biology, Geography and Ecology has following departments:

Department of Ecology and Geography

Department of Botany

Department of Social and Economic Geography

3. Information about the intended TEMPUS project:

• Creation of new discipline "Step-oriented study", development of academic curricula and practical training programs.

• Restructuring of discipline "Wildness protection": improvement of programs, elaboration of management plans.

• Development of the curriculum of specialty "Land Management", preparing of new academic programs, professional training of land management experts.

• Satellite land surveying.

• Fundamental cartography.

• GIS systems and data bases.

• Engineering geodesy.

4. Projects description:

• It is very important to conduct outdoor classes in training experts of natural sciences. The aim of the project is to share experience, to develop new and to improve present international students’ field studies (practices), to develop practice programs of certain new disciplines – e.g. discipline "Steppe-oriented study" for biology students of European universities (so far as there are no steppe ecological systems in Western Europe) on the basis of Kherson State University. The prospective result of the project is setting long-term student exchange programs between universities of Western and Eastern Europe, which will take part in developed field courses of partnership universities.

The project aims to improve training of experts in biology and ecology, because outdoor studies are of significant importance for them. There is a plan within the project to share experience of field practices, to develop new disciplines (Steppe-oriented study, etc), to adjust student exchanges.

• Faculty of Biology, Geography and Ecology actively promotes creation and optimization of objects of natural reserve fund, construction of ecological network. The faculty provides discipline "Wildness protection” for student’s specialization “Ecology”. The faculty is interested in the experience exchange programs concerning training of experts in the branch of wildness protection, the improvement of practical programs of scientific researches in reservations, introduction of methods of the nature protection, elaboration of management plans of operating protected objects, carrying out excursions in the wildlife area etc.

The project aims to improve training of experts in biology and ecology, namely specialty "Wildness protection". There is a plan within the project to share experience of training of experts in wildness protection, to arrange investigations and volunteering in wildlife areas, in steppe wild areas of Ukraine in particular, to adjust student exchanges.

• The land reform is on-going in Ukraine. That’s why training of land management experts is an urgent task. Just as Kherson Oblast is the most agrarian oblast in Ukraine, so it is quite natural to adjust training of experts here within KSU and KSAU. There is a plan within the project to apply European experience in the land-use system and management.

The aim of the project is to create conditions in Kherson oblast for training of experts in land management adjusted for European experience. That is especially urgent due to the intensification of land reform in Ukraine.

5. Previous international experience:

• Tempus TACIS CD JEP_25215_2004 “Geographical informational systems at agrarian universities” (2005-2007)

• Tempus IB_JEP-22045-2001 “Agrarian reform and agrarian recourses market development in Ukraine”

• Grant KBN NN 2 P04G 046 27: “Kurhany jako refugia flory stepowej w krajobrazie rolniczym południowej Ukrainy” (2004-2007) (Грант Польського комітету наукових досліджень NN 2 P04G 046 27 «Кургани як рефугіум степової флори в агроландшафті півдня України»(2004-2007)).

• Grant KBN NN 304 081835: “Kurhany jako centra różnorodności florystycznej wymagający szczególnej ochrony w krajobrazie antropogenicznym w strefie stepów i lasostepu południowej Ukrainy” (2008-2011) (Грант Польського комітету наукових досліджень NN 304 081835 «Кургани як центри біологічного різноманіття, що вимагають особливої охорони в антропогенному ландшафті степової і лісостепової зон півдня України» (2008-2011)).

• The Rufford Small Grants Foundation “Conservation of natural habitats of Tulipa gesneriana L. (Liliaceae) in Ukraine” (March 2008 – September 2009) (Збереження природних місцезростань Tulipa gesneriana L. (Liliaceae) в Україні (березень 2008 – вересень 2009рр.)).

• The Rufford Small Grants Foundation "Arid lichens from the Red Data Book of Ukraine: studying, conservation and perspectives" (2009 - 2011) ("Аридні лишайники Червоної книги України: вивчення, збереження та перспективи" (2009 - 2011)).

• Tasis (BO-10-006-112), “Extensive Livestock Farming in Semi-arid Climate Zone”(2009) (Tasis (BO-10-006-112), «Екстенсивне домашнє скотарство в напіваридній кліматичній зоні»(2009р.))

• Grant Agency of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (project KJB 601410701) «Genosystematic investigation of Caloplaca festiva C. variabilis» («Генетико-систематичні дослідження Caloplaca festiva C. variabilis»).

• European bank of reconstruction and development project, number of the contact 29370: «ESIA for Hydro Power Plant Expansion Kakhovka, Ukraine» (2011р.)

 Please contact:

Ivan I. Moysiyenko, Dr. Biol. Sci., Head of laboratory of Plant Ecology

Department of Botany, Kherson State University

27, 40 Rokiv Zhovtnja St., Kherson, Ukraine 73000

e-mail: vanvan@ksu.ks.ua, moysiyenko@i.ua

Tel. +380990104211, +380676092766.

IDEA 2

1. Name of university interested in participating in TEMPUS project:

International name: Faculty of Physics, Mathematics and Informatics, Kherson State University, Ukraine

National name: факультет фізики, математики та інформатики Херсонського державного університету

2. Main field of activities:

Educational, methodological and scientific activity; international cooperation.

The Faculty of Physics, Mathematics and Informatics is one of the oldest faculties of the Kherson State University. There are following departments at the faculty:

- Department of Algebra, Geometry and Mathematical Analysis

- Department of Physics

- Department of Informatics

All the courses at the faculty are licensed and have IV level of accreditation.

3. Information about the intended TEMPUS project:

The idea of the project is to develop the integrated electronic infrastructure of the creation and distribution of electronic textbooks.

4. Projects description:

Nowadays the system of using interactive electronic textbooks in Ukraine is undeveloped and decelerates the integration of Ukraine into the global educational space. The overwhelming majority of textbooks are made of paper and cost too much in comparison with electronic copies. Furthermore, it is impossible to renovate continuously contents of paper books and to provide interactive individual monitoring of mastering the curricular material. Thus, the inherent benefits of electronic textbooks are the following:

• Providing the timely renovation of contents.
• Adaptation of the curricular material to various reproducing devices.
• Active introducing of multimedia contents.
• The interactive opportunity to cooperate with a user.

Expected results of the project:

• Developing the infrastructure of the creation and distribution of electronic textbooks.
• Adjusting the process of the creation of electronic textbooks for basic categories of electronic devices.
• Creation of the portal library with Internet access.

5. Previous international experience:

Tempus JEP-27247-2006 “CLIP services for education and individual student’s development” (2007-2009)

Tempus JEP-27237-2006 “CC4U2 computer science educational program for Ukrainian universities” (2007-2009)

Tempus TACIS IB JEP_26239_2005 “ECDL for Ukrainian administrators” (2006-2008)

Northern New York and South Ukraine: New University for Business and Economic Development (2004-2006)

US Department of State Freedom Grant S-ECAAS-03-GR-214(DD) “Northern New York and South Ukraine: New University for Business and Economic Development” (2003-2006)

Tempus TACIS MP JEP 23010-2002 “Informational technologies in university control network. UniT-Net” (2003-2005)

Tempus TACIS CP No 20069-1998 “Informational infrastructure of high educational institutions” (1998-2000)

Please contact:

Vitaliy Mykolayovych Kobets, Deputy Head of Informatics Chair, Candidate of economic science

Phone: 38(0552)32-67-06

Emails: vkobets@kse.org.ua, Kobetz@ukr.net Skype: vnkobets

Internet:http://www.ksu.ks.ua/About/Faculty/FPhysMathemInformatics/ChairInformatics/Staff.aspx

IDEA 3

1. Name of university interested in participating in TEMPUS project:

International name: Faculty of Natural Science, Kherson State University, Ukraine

National name: Факультет природознавства, здоров’я людини і туризму Херсонського державного університету

2. Main field of activities:

2.1. education – training of bachelors, masters in specialties “Chemistry*”, “Biology*”, “Remedial education”, “Human Health”, “Tourism” and postgraduate students in specialties “Human and Animal Physiology”, “Biochemistry”, “Entomology”, “Special psychology”, “Physical chemistry”;

2.2. research – clarification of physiological, psychological and speech development peculiarities of people with visual, auditory or musculoskeletal systems defects, with psychic and mental development defects and development of rehabilitation programs for such people; development of diagnostic and purification of sewage; analysis of the biological influence of heterocyclic compositions on vegetative and animal objects; basing of the regional ecological education system for children and youth; comparative ethology of social insect of different natural geographic areas; elaboration of regional green tourism development programs.

3. Information about the intended TEMPUS project:

3.1. “Seminars in the system of training of remedial teachers and physical rehabilitation experts”

3.2. “Creation of social network “Remedial education”

3.3. “Postgraduate ecological education of teachers”

3.4. “Formulation of practical studies in population ecology, animal ecology, ethology and sociobiology”

4. Projects description:

4.1. Project proposal №1.  “Seminars in the system of training of remedial teachers and physical rehabilitation experts”.

Argumentation: In recent years in Ukraine and in the world the number of children with inherent or early acquired development defects is growing and some part of them is liable to correct. Providing of the adequate correctional rehabilitation attendance and socialization of children with special needs depend largely not only on normative legal regulation of this problem, but also on highly skilled experts to be available (remedial teachers, special psychologists, physical rehabilitation experts). Different countries have their own methodological approaches to correction and rehabilitation of people with special needs, each of them has pros and cons.  That’s why introduction of the progressive experience of different countries in the branch of remedial education and physical rehabilitation will promote mutual enrichment of curricula of project participant countries.

The essence of project: The project is expected to promote development of the program structure and content of the international interactive full-time and on-line practical works, seminars, trainings, summer schools for partnership university students and teachers to gain the experience of designing and realization of diagnostic and correctional rehabilitation programs for people with special needs.

The expected results: Elaboration of educational methodical support of practice studies; creation of the electronic video store with different correctional rehabilitation programs; approbation of the training system for defectologicy and rehabilitation study students; conducting of the final conference.

4.2. Project proposal №2. “Creation of social network “Remedial education”

Argumentation: Nowadays there are a lot of Ukrainian and international web-sites of special educational institutions, public organizations and bodies of public administration, where one can find consideration of legal issues and progressive teaching experience of treatment of children with special needs. However, cases, when these web-sites are isolated and not popular, are rather frequent. That’s why it’s reasonable to create and promote specialized social network to unite efforts of remedial educational institutional teaching staff, doctors, parents, bodies of public administration, public organizations for creation of the optimal educational and social environment for children with special needs.  Web-site “Remedial education of Kherson oblast” demonstrates the demand of special educational institutional workers, parents of children with special needs and public organizations to have such network.

The essence of project: The project is expected to create the social network for special educational institutional teaching staff and parents of children with special needs, where they can discuss normative legal, educational and correction rehabilitation questions concerning people with special needs.

The expected results: Creation and promotion of social network “Remedial education” to share Ukrainian and international progressive experience of treatment and socialization of children with special needs, providing with information concerning trainings, seminars, conferences.

4.3. Project proposal №3. “Postgraduate ecological education of teachers”

Argumentation: The modern ecological crisis determines the substitution of the anthropocentric world-view for the ecocentric one to provide with the stable social development. Training of teachers to provide distinct ecologically-oriented activities in professional and social branches is essential.  Thus the ecological ability of the teacher acquires the determinative sense among all professional teaching skills and its creation and development take place during the whole professional life.

The essence of project: The project is expected to create the postgraduate ecological educational system for teachers by means of interinstitutional courses, seminars, trainings, ecological camps, green tourism in consideration of global and regional ecological peculiarities, personal qualities and teaching branches of activity.

The expected results: Creation of the general and regional postgraduate educational program for teachers; integration of the international experience into the national system of uninterrupted teacher training during the professional life.

4.4. Project proposal №4. “Formulation of practical studies in population ecology, animal ecology, ethology and sociobiology”

Argumentation: The organization of the observation for natural alterations and changes of the environment is necessary for the evaluation of the direct bioecological and medical biological results of anthropogenic influence on natural ecosystems. Literary information and results of the Ethology and Population Ecology Laboratory activities show that the phenogenetical approach is rather sensitive integrative one, based on morhogenetical and ecological ethological analyses, theoretical achievements of epigenetics and population development biology.

The essence of project: The project is expected to conduct investigations of regularities of overorganismic structures in animal groups, monitoring of natural and anthropogenic ecosystems, researches of social, ethological, genetic and phonetic structures of animal populations, organization and conducting of expeditions with workers of the Chornomorsky Biosphere Reserve, Luhansky nature reserve, Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, A.N. Severtsov Institute of Problems of Ecology and Evolution RAS (Moscow), Zoological Institute RAS (Saint Petersburg), Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology RAS (Yekaterinburg).

The expected results: Creation of teaching methodical maintenance for practical studies in population ecology, animal ecology, ethology and sociobiology.

Please contact:

Shmalei Svitlana Victorivna

Ed.D, Candidate of Biological Science, professor,

Dean of the Faculty of Natural Science, Health and Tourism

Head of the Department of Human and Animal Physiology,

Tel. (0552)32-67-54

e-mail: zavernyaeva@ksu.kherson.ua