Iryna Shkola

Position

PhD in Philology, Associate Professor at the Department of Foreign Languages and Teaching Methods

Е-mail

iv_shkola@bdpu.org.ua

Awards

  • Honorary Certificates from Zaporizhzhia Oblast Directorate of Education and Science (2010, 2014);
  • Note of Commendation from the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine for the progress in the professional activity (2019).

Scientometrics

ORCID iD

0000-0002-1455-6371

Google Scholar

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Web of Science

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Scopus

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ResearchGate iD

Iryna-Shkola

Education

2002 − Bachelor's degree in Ukrainian and English Language & Literature, P. D. Osypenko State Pedagogical Institute of Berdiansk. Teaching certification in Ukrainian and English Languages/Literature. Qualified to teach Foreign Literature.

2018 − Master's degree in Secondary Education (English Language & Literature), Berdyansk State Pedagogical University

Academic degrees and academic titles

2012 − PhD thesis in Philology, specialty 10.01.05 − Comparative Literary Criticism. Thesis topic: Reception Features of M. Cervantes' Novel 'Don Quixote' in Ukrainian and English Prose of the 1910s−1920s.

2015 − Associate Professor at the Department of Foreign Languages and Teaching Methods.

Work experience

2001−2006 − English teacher, Secondary school No. 2, Berdiansk;
2006−present − Berdyansk State Pedagogical University:
2006−2010 − Lecturer at the Department of Foreign Languages;
2010−2013 − Senior Lecturer at the Department of Foreign Languages;
2013−2024 − Associate Professor at the Department of Foreign Languages and Teaching Methods; 2024−present − Head of the Department of Foreign Languages and Teaching Methods.

Field of scientific interests

  • English language teaching methodology;
  • English language;
  • Сomparative literary criticism;
  • Іntermediality.

Grants

  • 2019 − Grant for teaching Access Program graduates − “Access Alumni Civic Engagement Program (2019−2020)”;
  • Regional English Language Office.

Public activity

  • 2017−present − English teacher for the “English Access Microscholarship Program” from Regional English Language Office and U.S. Embassy in Kyiv;
  • 2018−2021 − Scientific Secretary of the Academic Council at the Faculty of Philology and Social Communications, BSPU;
  • 2022 – Co-developer of Ukraine English Access Curriculum;
  • 2021−2022 − Facilitator for the “Access Program Alumni Engagement in Eastern Ukraine” project implemented with the support of RELO and the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine;
  • Member of professional international organizations − TESOL International Association, TESOL−Ukraine, Childhood Education International.

Expert activity

  • Supervisor for Oksana Mitrakova’s PhD thesis in programme subject area 035 Philology (2021).
  • 2015−2021 − member of the Specialized Academic Council K 18.092.02 for PhD thesis defence at Berdyansk State Pedagogical University.
  • The official opponent for V. V. Dmytrieva’s PhD thesis Artistic Discourse of Charles Perrault’s Blue Beard Tale in English, French and Ukrainian Literature.
  • The official opponent for N. F. Khairulina’s PhD thesis Artistic Model ‘Life as a Fair’ in Ukrainian and English Literature − Poetics and Semiotics.

Advanced training, internship for the last 5 years

  • 64-hour teacher training online course ‘Professional Development for Teacher Trainers,’ Arizona State University, 2021.
  • 2021 − Ukraine Higher Education Teacher Excellence programme (Advanced HE, British Council, Institute of Higher Education NAES of Ukraine).
  • 2021 − professional development program for academic staff ArsDocendi “Training of Educational Trainers” programme (0.5 ECTS credits/15 hours), certificate AD032/2021.
  • 2022 − “Improving Teaching in Higher Education − Model and Strategy” programme, British Council in Ukraine (1.5 ECTS credits).
  • 2022 − professional development programme for academic staff ArsDocendi dated August 5−12, 2022. Topic − “Training of Educational Trainers” programme (0.5 ECTS credits), certificate AD 030/2022.
  • 2023 – three-week (100 hours) Intensive Professional Development in New York City, USA, dated April 26 – May 16.
  • 2023 − professional development programme for academic staff ArsDocendi dated July 5−17, 2023. Scientometrics” and “Training of Educational Trainers” (1.5 ECTS credits/45 hours).
  • 2023−2024 − Teaching Professional Development for Ukrainian Educators (180 hours) Childhood Education International, Regional English Language Officer RELO, U.S. Embassy, Ukraine.
  • 2024 − “Professional Learning in Predeal − Authentic, Contextualized English Teaching” programme (Romania).
  • University of Tartu (registry code 74001073, number of the notice of economic activities 169617) Training course “Digital Literacy as a Concept” SVNC.TK.366, 15 hours (0.5 ECTS credit points) by Narva College from 23 May 2024 to 9 June 2024.

Disciplines

  • English Language.
  • Subject Teaching Methods (English Language and Foreign Literature) − Module 3. Teaching English Phonetics, Grammar, and Vocabulary.
  • Subject Teaching Methods (English Language and Foreign Literature) − Module 4. Teaching Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking in English.

Other, which additionally highlights the activity of the lecturer

  • Developer of electronic professional development courses for the National Digital Platform for professional development of university quality education strategy developers.
  • Trainer-facilitator for “Ars Docendi” faculty development courses.
  • Author of more than 70 scientific publications, including 7 co-authored textbooks, 2 collective monographs, and about 60 professional articles (2 in Web of Science and 3 in Scopus).