Budnyk Olena

Personal information

In 1997 accomplished Candidate Degree Theses (PhD) on the theme “Pedagogical Preconditions of the economic culture education of the junior pupils”, specialty 13.00.04 – Theory and History of Pedagogy.

In 2001 got academic status of Senior Scientific Worker on the speciality 13.00.07 – Theory and Methods of education.

Since 1994 till 2012 worked for the Scientific and Methodical center “Ukrainian ethnopedagogy and folk knowledge” of the National Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine and Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University on the positions of senior laboratory assistant, senior scientific assistant, leading scientific assistant.

Since 1999 has worked (part-time) on the position of Assistant Professor of Various Chairs of Pedagogical Institute of State Higher Educational Institution “Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University”.

Since 2013 has been an assistant professor of the Chair of Theory and Methods of Primary Education of State Higher Educational Institution “Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University”.

In 2015 successfully defended Doctoral Degree Theses (EdD) on the theme “Theoretical and methodical foundations for training primary school teachers to social and educational activities”, speciality 13.00.04 – Theory and Methods of Professional Education and became the Professor of the Chair.

During 2015-2017 worked as the Head of the Department of Primary Education Pedagogy. In 2018 was honoured the title of Professor of the Department of Pedagogy of Primary Education, in 2023 – Professor of the Department of Primary Education & Educational Innovations.

During 2016-2019 has been working as a member of the Scientific and Methodological Commission of the Higher Education Sector of the Scientific and Methodological Council of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, specialty 013 Elementary Education on development of Standards of Higher Education of the Bachelor and Master degree.

In 2019 – Director of the Center for Innovative Educational Technologies “PNU EcoSystem” (https://ciot.pnu.edu.ua/en/history/), Trainer of the New Ukrainian School.

List of scientific publications

Scientific and organizational activity

Scientific Research Interests: Comparative Education, Educational Innovations, Digital Education, E-learning, Philosophy of Education, Critical Pedagogy, Inclusive Education, Pre-service Teacher Training, Social and Pedagogical Activities, Pedagogical Support for Children in Crisis Situations.

Head of the research work “Teacher Professional Training: Social and Pedagogical Context” (0117U003281) (2017-2027).

The author of more than 350 scientific publications among them 2 monographs and 13 educational and methodical manuals, co-author of 30 group books; author of more than 50 scientific articles in editions, including those indexed in Scopus and Web of Science databases.

The most important books are: ‘Ethnoeconomic competence of a student’ (2008), ‘Ethno-pedagogical component of the process of formation of competences of primary school students’ (2009, editing), ‘Socio-pedagogical activity of  a primary school teacher’ (2012), ‘Professional training of future primary school teachers for social and pedagogical activities: theory and practice’ (2014), ‘Inclusive education’ (2015), ‘Pedagogical support of inclusive education’ (2019), ‘Digital Education’ (2021), ‘E-learning Methods in the Primary School’ (2021), ‘E-learning & Inclusive Education’ (2023), ‘Comparative Pedagogy’ (2023), etc.

Co-editor and co-author of the collective monograph The Space of Inclusive Education: Voices from Ukraine and Beyond (Vol. 53). 2024. Brill. ISBN: 978-90-04-68813-1. https://brill.com/display/title/69456

Editor-in-chief of professional journals in Pedagogy: “Journal of  Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University” (Scopus) and “Educational Horizons”. Member of the editorial board of professional journals: “Revista Amazonia Investiga” (Colombia), “Bulletin of the University of Cherkasy” (Pedagogical Sciences, Ukraine), “Chowanna”, “Polish Journal of Critical Realism”, “Scientific Bulletin of Chełm”, “Viae Educationis: Studies of Education and Didactics” and “Scientia” (Polish Republic), “Education in the 21st Century” (Yerevan State University, Armenia).

Scientific editor of the annual Ukrainian-Polish collection of student scientific works “Educational Innovation” (“Innowacje edukacyjne”) (https://ciot.pnu.edu.ua/scientific-work-of-students/).

Participation in the examination of textbooks for the New Ukrainian School (by the commission for the selection of experts for the examination of electronic versions of draft textbooks (protocol No. 2 dated April 16, 2018). Participation in the meetings of the competition commissions for the competitive selection of textbook projects for the 2nd grade of general secondary education institutions (the composition of the competition commissions was approved by the order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine dated December 11, 2018 No. 1372). – 12.02.2019 (State scientific institution “Institute of Modernization of the Content of Education”).

She underwent training on the educational program “Preparing Trainers for Teachers of the New Ukrainian Schools” (2018). Participated in the textbook examination for the New Ukrainian School (2018-2019).

Supervising of scientific works

Scientific Supervisor for the following PhD (Candidate of Sciences) Dissertations:

Kateryna Romaniuk “Pedagogical preconditions of tolerance education of preschool children”, speciality 13.00.08 – Preschool Pedagogy (2014, Southern Ukrainian National Pedagogical University named after K. D. Ushinsky, Odesa),

Svitlana Smolyuk “Organizational and pedagogical conditions of developmental educational environment in the system of primary education of Ukraine (end of XX – beginning of XXI century)”, specialty 13.00.01 – General Pedagogy and History of Pedagogy (2017, East European National University named after Lesya Ukrainka, Lutsk),

Kateryna Fomin “Preparation of a primary school teacher for the organization of dialogic learning” with a specialty 13.00.04 – Theory and Methodology of Vocational Education (2020, Lviv National University of Life Safety),

Serhiy Sydoriv, “Preparing future teachers to organise an inclusive educational environment in modern primary schools in Ukraine,” specialising in 015 Vocational Education (by specialisation), field of knowledge 01 Education/Pedagogy (2025, Vasyl Stefanyk Carpathian National University).

Is a scientific supervisor of diploma and master thesis as well as thesis on Candidate Degree (PhD).

Member of two specialized councils for the defense of PhD and Doctoral dissertations (EdD): specialty 19.00.07 – Pedagogical and Age Psychology (social and behavioral sciences) and specialty 13.00.04 – Theory and Methodology of Professional Education, 13.00.01 – General Pedagogy and History of Pedagogy in Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University (Ukraine) (2019-2021).

Head of the specialized academic council for the defense of PhD and Doctoral dissertations (EdD): specialty 13.00.04 – Theory and Methodology of Professional Education, 13.00.01 – General Pedagogy and History of Pedagogy in Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University (Ukraine) (2022-2025).

International scientific and project activities

Leader of the university academic group of the international project ERASMUS + “MoPED – Modernization of higher pedagogical education with the use of innovative teaching tools”, № 586098-EPP-1-2017-1-UA-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP (2017-2021).

Visiting Professor within the project ‘Integrated Development Programme of the University of Silesia in Katowice’ (Poland, 2022).

Visiting Professor at the Pomeranian University in Słupsk (Poland, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026).

Visiting Professor at Jagiellonian University in Krakow (Poland, 2025).

International internship (6.0 ECTS): ‘Development of Innovative Competencies of a Modern Teacher’ (SCHOLAR Centre for Modern Education, Poland, 2022).

International internship (1.0 ECTS) program: ‘Psychological, Pedagogical, and Information Support for Children in Crisis at Lüms University of Rome (Italy, 2023).

Project ‘Impact of a war situation on the education and behavior of pupils of Ukrainian origin studying in Poland and Ukraine’ No. BPN/GIN/2023/1/00017, jointly with the Bialska Academy of Applied Sciences of John Paul II (Poland) under the NAWA intervention Grant Programme (21.08.2023-21.08.2024).

Co-coordinator of the Ukrainian-Polish student exchange project “Culture, history, traditions: in search of common values” under the patronage of Polsko-Ukrainskej Rady Wymiany Mlodziezy (FRSE) (September-November, 2016) – Chelm (Republic of Poland) – Ivano-Frankivsk (Ukraine); co-organizer of international conferences, including in the Republic of Poland and the Republic of Lithuania. Coordinator of the scientific cooperation with the Faculty of Education and the Institute of Pedagogy of Jagiellonian University (Krakow, Poland).

Participation in the Norwegian-Ukrainian project ‘Rebuilding futures: Empowering educators and students through cross-border collaboration and invention pedagogy (REFINE)’ within the framework of the EDUC-WIDE SEED PROJECTS programme (01.11.2025 – 01.11.2026).

Participant in all-Ukrainian and international conferences (Netherlands, Hungary, Poland, Spain, Georgia, Slovakia, the USA, Lithuania,), including: 37th Annual Appalachian Studies Conference “New Appalachia: Known Realities and Imagined Possibilities” (Huntington, West Virginia, USA, 2014), International academic conference “Educational Goods and Their Pedagogical Exploration” (organized in celebration of the Institute’s 50th anniversary entitled Institute of Pedagogy Jagiellonian University in Krakow) (Republic of Poland, 2019), International Conference on the 10th Anniversary of the Eastern Partnership on Promoting Common Values through Education and Culture (Tbilisi, Georgia, 2019), an international workshop for teachers at the University of Twente as part of the EU Next-Lab project (Netherlands, 2019); 11th Annual International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies (Palma de Mallorca, Spain, 2019), 13th Edition of the Media Conference “Media Challenges of the War Time: Media – Information – Disinformation – Propaganda” (University of Bielsko-Biała, Poland, 2022), International Scientific Seminar Contemporary Challenges of Preparing Teachers for Professional Work – in search of research perspectives in international cooperation and strengthening cooperation within the T4EU alliance (Lithuania – Slovakia – Ukraine – Poland) (University of Silesia, Katowice, 2022), International symposium and presentation of the collective monograph ‘Between Spirituality and Dyspnea – on Deep and Full Breath… A Festschrift dedicated to Reverend Doctor Tadeusz Czakański’ (eds. M.T. Kozubek, M. Ręmbież and R. Silva) (Katowice, Poland, 2024), IX International Scientific Conference on Global Education “The Rights of the Child on the 100th Anniversary of the Geneva Declaration (1924-2024)” (Warsaw, Poland, 2024), I International Scientific and Pedagogical Conference ‘Challenges and Contexts of Social Pedagogy’ under the slogan ‘Social Determinants of the Mental State of Children and Youth’ (Rzeszów – Warsaw, 2024), International seminar on migration and cultural adaptation (Gdynia, Poland, 2025), International seminar of Critical Realism at the TWP Academy of Applied Sciences in Szczecin (Poland, 2025), International Conference ‘Global Education for the Formation of a Culture of Peace’ (Warsaw, 2025) 15th International Conference on Advanced Computer Information Technologies (ACIT) (Sibenik, Croatia, 2025), etc.

She completed her scientific training at the University of East Tennessee (2014, Johnson City, West Virginia, USA), where she studied the teaching experience of high school educators in terms of multiculturalism. She has completed scientific trainings at the State Higher Vocational School in Chelm (Poland, 2016) and advanced training at Deusto University (Spain, 2018), University of Cyprus (Republic of Cyprus, 2018), Krakow Mining and Metallurgy Academy (Republic of Poland, 2018).

International internship at the Institute of Pedagogy of the University of Silesia (1.0 ECTS) on the topic “E-learning & Inclusive Education” (Republic of Poland, 2022).

Participation in the Grant Program of the Kosciuszko Foundation on the topic “Preparing future teachers to work with students affected by the Russian invasion of Ukraine” together with the department of the Institute of Pedagogy of the Jagiellonian University in Krakow (Poland, 2022).

International internship (3.0 ECTS) at the Institute of Pedagogy of the Pomeranian University in Słupsk (Poland): ‘Innovations in education. The use of information and communication technologies in the training of future teachers’ (2023-2024, 2025).

International internship in full-time format (3.0 ECTS) at the Institute of Pedagogy of the Jagiellonian University in Krakow (Poland): ‘Pedagogical innovations in primary and preschool education. Pedagogical support for children in crisis situations’ (2025).

Education activity

At present time provides teaching of such subjects (courses) as ‘Innovative educational technologies in higher education and professional ethics’, ‘Pedagogical creativity of a higher education teacher’, ‘Basic pedagogical theories’ (for PhD students), ‘Pedagogical comparativistics’, ‘E-learning methods in Primary School’ (for Master’s students), ‘Basics of Inclusive Education’, ‘E-learning & Inclusive Education’ (for Bachelor students).

Organizer of educational workshops and professional development courses for teaching and academic staff across preschool, general secondary, extracurricular, vocational pre-higher, and higher education levels, including: “Integration of Artificial Intelligence into the Educational Process: From Theory to Practice” (October 27 – November 03, 2025, and December 04–16, 2025, hosted by the “PNU EcoSystem” Center for Innovative Educational Technologies); “Integration of Artificial Intelligence into the Educational Process: From Theory to Practice” (November 17–21, 2025, hosted by Higher Vocational School No. 7 in Kalush, Ivano-Frankivsk region, and VSСNU).

Developer of professional development educational programs for teaching and academic staff supporting learners in general secondary, vocational pre-higher, and higher education institutions. These programs align with the focus areas defined in Paragraph 15 of the “Procedure for Professional Development of Teaching and Academic Staff” (approved by the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 800, dated August 21, 2019). Key programs include: “Integration of Artificial Intelligence into the Educational Process: From Theory to Practice” (30 and 60 academic hours) (2025); “Professional Development of Educators under Martial Law” (30 academic hours, 2023); “Pedagogical Strategies of a Modern University Lecturer” (30 academic hours, 2023); “Inquiry-Based Learning in the New Ukrainian School (NUS)” (30 academic hours, 2024); “Innovative Pedagogy: Digital Trends in Education” (30 academic hours, 2024); “Modern Digital Environment of a Higher Education Institution” (30 academic hours, 2024).

State and Departmental awards

Certificate of Ivano-Frankivsk Regional State Administration (2006), Certificate of the Main Directorate of Education and Science of Ivano-Frankivsk Regional State Administration (2010), Certificate of Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University (2014), Certificate of the Department of Education and Science of Ivano-Frankivsk Regional State Administration (2015), Certificate of Honor of the Ivano-Frankivsk Regional State Administration (2015), Regional Pedagogical Prize named after Myroslav Stelmakhovych (2015), Honorary Certificate of the Educational and Methodological Center of Vocational Education in Lviv Region (2016), Honorary Certificate of the National Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine (2018), Acknowledgment of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (2021), Certificate of the Department of Education and Science of the Ivano-Frankivsk City Council (2020, 2021), Acknowledgment of the Department of Education and Science of the Ivano-Frankivsk Regional State Administration (2022), Acknowledgment of the Mayor of Ivano-Frankivsk (2021, 2025), Certificate of the Executive Committee of the Ivano-Frankivsk City Council (2025).

E-mail: olena.budnyk@cnu.edu.ua

Vasyl Stefanyk Carpathian National University

Pedagogical Faculty

Department of Pedagogy of Primary Education and Educational Innovations

1 Bandera Str.; 57/233 Shevchenka Str.

Ivano-Frankivsk 76018 Ukraine