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The oldest educational establishment in Berdyansk was founded in 1932 as a Teacher’s Training Institute in the former classic gymnasium, where P.P.Shmidt had studied in 1876-1883.

In the prewar period the Institute trained about 1600 teachers at the daytime department and 1200 at the extramuraldepartment.

At that time the Institute maintained 6 students’ dormitories. In 1939 the Institute was named after the Hero of the Soviet Unions P.Osipenko.

At the end of September 2002 the Institute celebrated the 70^th anniversary of its foundation. During last years some new specialities were added, such as physical training, foreign languages, practical psychology, management and others. All in all our students are trained in 27 specialities and 24 specializations. Now the studentbody counts more than 7 thousand students: 3300 students study at the daytime department, therest – at the extramural department. That’s why it became possible to reorganize the institute into Berdyansk State Pedagogical University.

Our University has 5 buildings and 2 students’ dormitories. There are many lecture-rooms, subject-rooms, study-rooms, laboratories, workshops, computer-rooms, rooms for individual lessons, 2 gyms, an assembly-hall, a reading room, a library, a students’ club.

There are 9 departments (faculties) at the University:

1. Primary School Teachers’ Training Department (established in 1959);

2. Industrial-Pedagogical Department (established in 1972);

3. Social-Pedagogical Department (established in 1960. It was transferred from Zaporozhye University in 1985);

4. Language and Literature Department (established in 1991);

5. Department of Physics and Mathematics (established in 1992);

6. Social and Humanitarian Department (established in 2001);

7. Economical Department (established in 2003);

8. Department of Computers’ Technologies (established in 2003).

9. Department of Aesthetics and Physical Training (established in 2005).

Every year the University trains 600-800 teachers of elementary and secondary schools at the daytime department and about 600 – at the extramural department. The duration of studies is 4 or 5 years.

There are 27 chairs responsible for training specialists in different specialties: pedagogic and methods of elementary education, music, physical training, labor training, physics, mathematics, computer science and others.

The teachingstaff of the University is now about 250 teachers among them 8 DoctorsofSciences and 93 Masters of Sciences. There is a post-graduatecourse with 25 post-graduates working for scientific degrees. Our students do interesting research work in scientific societies.

There are sport facilities at the University, such as a stadium, sport grounds, 2 gymnasiums. Students have an opportunity to train in sport sections and physical training is obligatory for all students.

The students of University take part in traditional holidays, discothèques, first-year student’s debut, teacher’s day, sport competitions, etc.

The work of the teachers of the University is aimed at the improving of education and upbringing of youth, training of a highly qualified modern teacher.

Date: 2016-03-03; view: 836