Department of Service Sector, Technologies and Occupational Safety
Head of the Department:Taras Soroka,PhD in Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor
Senior laboratory technician: Halyna Prokopiv
E-mail: kaf.ksotop@tnpu.edu.ua
Address: 46018, Ternopil; 10, V.Vinnychenko Str., room 221
History of the department
The department was founded in 1977. Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences Y.M. Hushulei was the first its head during 1977–1978. Then, the management of the department was carried out by: Candidate Physics and Mathematics Sciences, associate professor A.R. Hayduk (1978–1979); associate professor V.A. Vartabedian (1979–1983); Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor B.V. Simenach (1983–1998). These people devoted a lot of energy and effort to the creation of educational workshops and laboratories. During 1998–2015, the head of the department was a corresponding member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor H.V. Tereshchuk. From 2015 to 2020, the department was headed by Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor Y. O. Turanov.
From 2020 up to nowadays the department is headed by Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor T. P. Soroka.
The teaching staff of the department ensures the implementation of the educational process in the following specialities (educational programs):
Speciality 014.10 Secondary education. Labor training and technologies (Bachelor's level of education): «Culture of life safety», «Civil defense and labor protection», «Draft geometry, drawing and computer graphics», «Basics of technology and nutrition physiology», «Basics of scientific research», «Fundamentals of design and modeling», «Methodology of technology training», «Technology workshop», «Methodology of profile training and drawing»,»Equipment and material science of sewing production», «Design and modeling of sewing products», «Technology of manufacturing sewing products», «Equipment and material science of woodworking production», «Design of carpentry and furniture products», «Technology of carpentry and furniture production», «Technical creativity», «Processing of structural materials» etc.
Specialities 014.10 Secondary education. Labor training and technology (master's degree): «Methodology of scientific research», «Theory and methodology of professional training», «Equipment of technological processes», «History of technology and design», «Modern technologies of material processing», «Innovative methods of processing materials», «Metrology and technical measurements», «Artistic design of products», «Design of products», «Business etiquette», «Processing of materials by CPC equipment», «Environmental design», «Design of textile products» etc.
Specialty 015.16 Professional education. Service sector; Speciality 241 Hotel and restaurant business: «Engineering equipment of buildings», «Standardization, certification and metrology», «Fundamentals of design and modeling», «Modern information technologies», «Economics of the enterprise», «Commodity science», «Design of objects in the service sector», «Accounting», «Methodology of professional training», «Organization of activities of enterprises in the service sector», «Marketing and management of enterprises in the service sector», «Product technology of enterprises in the service sector», «Equipment of institutions in the service sector», «Information technologies in the service sector», «Infrastructure of the hotel and restaurant industry», «Design of hotel and restaurant establishments», «Furniture design for hotels and restaurants», «Fundamentals of food technologies», «Business planning in the hotel and restaurant industry», «Basics of service», «Insurance in the hotel and restaurant sector», «Hotel industry of Ukraine» etc.
About the department
Many scientists worked at the mentioned department. Among them: Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor V. M. Martyn; Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor Y. M. Gushuley; Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor A. V. Vykhrushch; Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor B.D. Stolyar (first dean of the faculty of general technical disciplines); Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor V. A. Vartabedian; Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor V. M. Vitchenko; Candidate of Physics and Mathematics Sciences, Associate Professor A. R. Hajduk; Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor I.V. Gevko; Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor E. M. Dutko; Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor V. M. Lykhach; Candidate of Economy Sciences, Associate Professor, V. S. Lopukh; Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor M. P. Matiychyk; Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor B. O. Murii; Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor O.I. Obukhivskyi; Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor V.V. Poniatyshyn; Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor V.I. Rak; Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences O.S. Sevastianova; Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor B.V. Simenach; Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor I.M. Tsidylo; Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor V.S. Shton;
teachers: O.O. Babiak, S.M. Bakan, L.M. Bilynskyi, S.V. Vitchenko, Y.T. Lomnytskyi, B.M. Luzan, V.T. Liudkevych, I.V. Overko, V.E. Oliynyk, Z.P. Osovska, S.B. Pidborochynskyi, H.S. Pinchak, V.K. Pravosudov, A.P. Spivak, V.I. Uruskyi, M.V. Khemii, V.E. Shydlivskyi, M.M. Shynkaruk;
heads of workshops: O.F. Botiuk, T.M. Koval, Z.M. Kril, R.M. Kushulynskyi, H.V. Tereshchuk;
teaching masters: O.E. Bzovskyi, I.L. Broslavska, O.V. Burban, L.M. Valigura, S.V. Vitchenko, N.H. Handziy, Z. S. Huliovatyi, O.M. Hunchyk , Y.M. Deinega, M.V. Dmytrus, H. Z. Zhurak, Yu.M. Kybalyuk, Ya. Ya. Kondratskyi, B.I. Korol, Yu.M. Kuntsio, P.P. Lavrushko, T.M. Palamarchuk, I.Ya. Romanushyn, S.Z. Skalatskyi, B.M. Solan, N.V. Khatsko, R.K. Himeychuk, V.E. Shydlivskyi, M.M. Shynkaruk;
heads of laboratories: L.M. Bilynskyi, B.P. Nahachevska;
laboratory assistants: S.Ya. Baitalo, I.V. Hushuley, O.Ya. Kolodiychuk, A.P. Lutsyk, N.A. Lutsyk, M.P. Nestor, M.M. Ozhga, T.M. Palamarchuk, M.V. Tkachuk, L.O. Uruska, L.A. Shynkaruk.
Memders of the department
Nowadays, 12 teachers work at the department:
Corresponding member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor Hryhoriy Vasyliovych Tereshchuk (the first vice-rector of Volodymyr Hnatyuk TNPU);
Candidates of pedagogical sciences, associate professors:
Yuriy Oleksiyovych Turanov
Halyna Romanivna Havryshchak
Halyna Mefodiivna Mamus
Taras Petrovych Soroka
Yuriy Viktorovych Sokotov
Borys Volodymyrovych Struganets (Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Pedagogy);
Candidate of Technical Sciences, associate professor Ihor Yosypovych Bochar;
Candidates of pedagogical sciences, teachers:
Viktor Borysovych Sopiga
Andrii Volodymyrovych Uruskyi
Roman Myroslavovych Monko
Candidate of economic sciences, teacher Maria Stepanivna Aliluyko.
The organization of material support and maintenance of the educational process is carried out by: head of educational and production workshops B. I. Korol; head of laboratories V. M. Valihura; industrial training masters: I. Yu. Havrylko, R. A. Dykyi, Ya. Y. Lutsykiv, V. T. Lyudkevich; senior laboratory assistant H. A. Prokopiv.
Teaching work
The teachers of the department prepare:
by educational level «Bachelor»:
¾ teachers of labor training and technologies, drawings of the field of knowledge 01 Education/Pedagogy of the specialty 014.10 Secondary education (Labor training and technologies);
¾ teachers of labor training and technologies and drawing, physical culture of the field of knowledge 01 Education/Pedagogy specialty 014.10 Secondary education (Labor training and technologies);
¾ bachelors in professional education in the field of knowledge 01 Education/Pedagogy specialty 015.16 Professional education (Sphere of service);
¾ bachelors in the field of services, managers in the hotel and restaurant business, field of knowledge 24 Field of service, specialty 241 Sphere of service.
by educational level «Master»:
¾ professionals in the field of training, teachers of labor training and technologies of the field of knowledge 01 Education/Pedagogy of the specialty 014.10 Secondary education (Labor training and technologies);
¾ teachers of universities and institutions of higher education, teachers of labor training and technologies of the field of knowledge 01 Education/Pedagogy of the specialty 014.10 Secondary education (Labor training and technologies).
Lessons are held in educational and production workshops (they include 4 workshops for manual and mechanized processing of wood and metals, a workshop for assembling and manufacturing furniture products, 3 laboratories for processing food products and textile materials), in 14 offices and laboratories, in a computer classroom, which are equipped with the necessary equipment, devices, didactic and other training materials. To ensure the preparation of students of the I-IV courses and master's students due to the credit-transfer system, educational and methodical complexes of disciplines have been developed, which contain curricular and work programs, lecture texts, tasks and methodical recommendations for performing laboratory and practical work, tasks for individual work of students and determining the level of their professional competence, manuals and methodical recommendations. Increasing the level of training of future specialists is ensured by the organization of productive work on the basis of educational and production workshops. Students design and manufacture individual products and sets of furniture, with which more than 70 classrooms and laboratories of the university are equipped annually.
The organization of students' productive work is ensured by the head of workshops and educational and production masters.
Scientific researches
The teachers of the department carry out comprehensive research on the topic: «Formation of professional competences of the future specialist of technological and vocational education».
Optimum conditions have been created for the scientific work of students on the problems of learning technologies. The results of student scientific achievements are discussed at reporting and scientific conferences. Every year, based on research materials, students complete and defend more than 20 master's theses, publish articles in the «Master's» collection. The best works are awarded with diplomas of the University. The teachers of the department H. M. Mamus, Yu. O. Turanov, T. P. Soroka, V. B. Sopiga, I. Y. Bochar, Yu. V. Sokotov, and others prepare students for participation in Ukrainian Competitions. From the beginning of their establishment, every year representatives of the faculty become winners and prize-winners of it.
Scientific achievements of the department
The teachers of the department cooperate with numerous leading scientific institutions and educational institutions of Ukraine: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Research Institute of Pedagogy and Psychology of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, M.P. Dragomanov National Pedagogical University, Berdyansk State Pedagogical University, I. Franko Drohobych State Pedagogical University, Kherson State University, P. Tychyna Uman State Pedagogical University, V.G. Korolenko Poltava National Pedagogical University, M. Shashkevich Brody Pedagogical College, A. Yu. Krymskyi Volodymyr-Volyn Pedagogical College, Kolomyia Industrial and Pedagogical Technical College. Close contacts have been established with the Institute of Technology of Zelenogur University, the Higher School of Informatics and Economics of the Society of General Knowledge in Olsztyn (Republic of Poland) and others.
Citizens of the Republic of Poland carry out dissertation research at the department. Prepared and successfully defended 4 dissertations for obtaining the scientific degree of Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences (A. Mushinskyi, Ya. Menzhynskyi, Ya. Mayovskyi, P. Olkhuvka).
A number of scientific and scientific-practical conferences were held on the basis of the department: International scientific-practical conference «Labor training in the 3rd millennium: content and technologies» (2004); International scientific-practical conference «Actual problems and prospects of youth labor training» (2007 ); International scientific and practical conference «Current problems and prospects of technological and professional education» (2011); International scientific and practical conference «Current problems and prospects of technological and professional education» (2016, 2021).
Based on the results of research, the department's teachers have published more than 200 works in recent years, in particular: monographs, textbooks, educational and methodological works, educational and methodological recommendations, etc.
