Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology

Dean of the Faculty Yatsenko Tatiana PhD in Psychology Sciences, Associate Professor

A pedagogue is one of the central figures managing the process of universal human development. This position acts as the principal perpetuator of the nation's spiritual potential and that of humanity as a whole; it is a professional equipped with a modern arsenal of educational technologies, it embodies intellectual capital and is capable of effectively applying it in practice.

More than 1000 students and master's degree candidates are enrolled in full-time and correspondence education programs at the Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology.

The Faculty includes following departments:

• Department of Preschool and Primary Education;
• Department of Natural Science Disciplines;
• Department of Pedagogy and Social-Humanitarian Disciplines (Section of Pedagogy and Section of Technology and Visual Arts);
• Department of Psychology and Philosophy;
• Department of Theory and Practice of Physical Education.

More than 70 highly qualified education system specialists work at the faculty's departments. Among the faculty's lecturers are both experienced educators with academic degrees and titles, and practitioner specialists. Among the faculty's teaching staff are educator who are Scholars of the Special Fund of the President of the Republic of Belarus, Laureates of the Special Fund of the President of the Republic of Belarus for pedagogical workers, prizewinners of Republican and International competitions for scientific and educational-methodological works, leaders of Republican and International research projects. The average age of teachers at the Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology is 40 years.

The Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology boasts many years’ experience in productive scientific and educational collaboration. This includes joint scientific-practical events (conferences, discussion platforms, seminars, research competitions), international Academic Olympiads, open lectures, workshops, and co-authored publications with partner universities such as Jizzakh State Pedagogical University, Samarkand State University, Vologda State University, Smolensk State University, Nosov Magnitogorsk State Technical University, Chernyshevsky Saratov National Research State University, Tolstoy Tula State Pedagogical University, Surgut State Pedagogical University, Shadrinsk State Pedagogical University, Transbaikal State University, Moscow State University of Psychology and Education, Russian State Vocational Pedagogical University (Nizhny Tagil branch), Tver State University, and others.

The Faculty supports the implementation of student initiatives and the fullest possible engagement of students in research, civic, and creative activities. The Psycholinguistic Research Laboratory, the "Center for Ideas and Practices for Sustainable Development" Laboratory, the Childhood Pedagogy Laboratory, 5 student research associations (“Synergy of Youth Initiatives”, “Creative Project Design”, “Applied and Empirical Psychology”, “Pedagogical Search”, “Perspective”), the "CINEMA" philosophical film club, the practical psychology studio, the student career guidance center, and the student scientific society are operating on the Faculty.

Students of the faculty are scholars of the Special Fund of the President of the Republic of Belarus for social support of gifted students, holders of the award pin "Best Student of the CIS Countries," winners of the "Best Student of the Year" title in the International Competition, winners of the Republican Student Scientific Works Competition, "100 Ideas for Belarus," International Student Scientific Works Competitions, and International Academic Olympiads.

The Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology effectively fulfills its mission of training competitive professionals adept at resolving practical vocational challenges. Competency development for addressing intricate professional tasks occurs through departmental affiliates. Partnership agreements are established with institutions including State Educational Institution of Preschool Education "Kindergarten No. 8, Baranavichy," State Educational Institution "Secondary School No. 1, Baranavichy," Secondary Schools Nos. 9, 13, 15, 16, and 19 of Baranavichy, and the Baranavichy State Vocational-Technical College in the Service Sector.

The educational and ideological work at the Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology aims at developing personalities with an active civic position. This is facilitated by the established system of student self-government and the students' active participation in volunteer work, university contests and festivals, and sports competitions. The faculty of pedagogy and psychology staff is constantly seeking new forms of training young specialists: charity events, creative contests, seminar-trainings, and others.

Specialities of the Faculty Pedagogy and Psychology

ADVANCED HIGHER EDUCATION

Speciality 7-06-0111-01 “Scientific and Pedagogical Activity (enrollment from 2023)”. Speciality 1-08 80 02 “Theory and Methods of Teaching and Education (by areas and levels of education)”. Profiling: General Pedagogy, History of Pedagogy and Education
Degree – Master.

Objects of professional activity:
educational systems, educational technologies and methodological support, the pedagogical process; processes of implementing educational programs in general secondary education, secondary vocational, higher education institutions, educational innovations, and management processes within educational organizations.

Types of professional activity:

Graduating Department – Department of Pedagogy and Social-Humanitarian Disciplines.

Form of education: full-time, correspondence.

Speciality 7-06-0313-01 Psychology. Profiling: Pedagogical Psychology.
Degree – Master.

Objects of professional activity:
personality with its individual characteristics, psychophysiological and mental processes, properties, states, and socio-psychological phenomena in behavior, activities, and group interactions within educational institutions and family systems; dynamically evolving individual as an active participant in the educational process; methods, technologies, and strategies for psychological-pedagogical support of personality amid digital uncertainties; methodologies of scientific research, design, and innovation in psychology; psychological-pedagogical expertise; scientific projects, developments, and studies on psycho-pedagogical issues.

Types of professional activity:

• innovative;
• research;
• scientific-pedagogical;
• psychological-pedagogical support;
• consulting on management issues;
• expert-evaluation;
• organizational-management.

Graduating Department – Department of Psychology and Physical Education.

Form of education: full-time, correspondence.

GENERAL HIGHER EDUCATION

Speciality 6-05-0313-01 Psychology (enrollment from 2024).
Qualification – Psychologist. Teacher

Objects of professional activity:
psychophysiological and mental processes, mechanisms of psyche functioning; personality, its individual-typological characteristics, traits, properties, and states, their manifestations in various spheres of human life; socio-psychological phenomena manifesting in different areas of behavior, activity, and human interaction, as well as methods and forms of their organization and change under psychological influence.

Types of professional activity:

• diagnostic-corrective;
• consultative and psychoprophylactic;
• research;
• scientific-pedagogical;
• expert-analytical;
• organizational-management;
• instructional-methodological;
• innovative.

Graduating Department – Department of Psychology and Physical Education.
Form of education: full-time, correspondence.

Speciality 6-05-0113-05 Technological Education (subject area: Service Labor and Fine Arts, profiling: Computer Graphics) (enrollment from 2024) / Speciality 1-02 06 04 Service Labor and Fine Arts
Qualification – Teacher.

Objects of professional activity:
secondary schools, gymnasiums, lyceums as well as schools and classes with in-depth study of folk and decorative-applied arts, extracurricular educational institutions (esthetic centers, fine art studios, youth and schoolchildren palaces), social assistance services, rehabilitation centers, social protection departments, social environment management bodies, public education authorities.

Spheres of professional activity:

Purpose of the specialist

The specialist must be prepared for teaching, methodological, organizational-management, lecture-educational work in the field of general secondary education and culture, as well as research activities.

The specialist is trained for teaching service labor and fine arts in various types of secondary educational institutions; planning the educational process, organizing classes, and leading club and research activities for schoolchildren extracurricular institutions; in educational authorities and scientific organizations, general secondary schools, lyceums, colleges as well as schools and classes with in-depth subject study, extracurricular institutions education and culture authorities, pedagogical-profile scientific institutions, and higher education establishments.

The specialist is intended for socio-pedagogical activities in various types of educational institutions and socio-pedagogical assistance organizations.

Graduating Department – Department of Pedagogy and Socio-Humanitarian Disciplines.

Form of education: full-time.

Speciality 6-05-0114-01 Socio-pedagogical and Psychological Education (profiling: Media Technologies for Project Management in the Social Sphere) / Speciality 1-03-04 03 Practical Psychology / Speciality 1-03 04 01 Social Pedagogy
Qualification – Pedagogue-psychologist. Social Pedagogue.

Objects of professional activity:

Types of professional activity:

Spheres of professional activity:

Graduating Department – Department of Psychology and Physical Education, Department of Pedagogy and Socio-Humanitarian Disciplines.

Form of education: full-time.

Speciality 6-05-0521-03 Geoecology. Profiling: Nature Protection and Rational Use of Natural Resources (enrollments from 2023) / Speciality 1-33 01 02 01 Geoecology. Nature Protection and Rational Use of Natural Resources.

Qualification – Geographer-Ecologist. Teacher

Objects of professional activity:
geographical environment and its constituent natural and natural-anthropogenic geosystems; development of principles and standards for nature management; solving theoretical and applied problems in rational use of natural resources, environmental protection, optimization of human living environment and sustainable national development; teaching geographical and ecological disciplines.

Types of professional activity:

• project-production;
• organizational-management;
• control-expert;
• research;
• pedagogical.

Spheres of professional activity:

• academic and industry research centers;
• design, survey and scientific-production organizations;
• institutions, enterprises and associations, bureaus, companies and other organizations of various forms of ownership engaged in economic development and protection of nature resources, placement of production systems, management, design and expertise of national economic activities;
• production, science, and education management structures;
• brokerage, marketing, and management companies;
• institutions of higher, secondary and secondary vocational education systems under the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus and other ministries and departments.

Graduating Department – Department of Natural Science Disciplines.

Form of education: full-time.

Speciality 6-05-0112-01 Preschool Education (Profiling: Visual Programming and Educational Robotics) (enrollment from 2024) / Speciality 1-01 01 01 Preschool Education
Qualification – Teacher.

The professional field involves nurturing children from birth until school entry.

Spheres of activity:

• child upbringing and education in preschool age in preschool institutions;
•  research and scientific-pedagogical work in scientific institutions.

Graduating Department – Department of Preschool and Primary Education.

Form of education: full-time, correspondence; correspondence (based on secondary specialized education).

Speciality 6-05-0112-02 Primary Education (Profiling: Visual Programming and Educational Robotics) (enrollment from 2024) / Speciality 1-01 02 01 Primary Education
Qualification – Teacher.

Spheres of activity: 

• teaching in primary school;
• methodological and inspection work in public education management bodies;
•  research and scientific-pedagogical work in scientific institutions.

Graduating Department – Department of Preschool and Primary Education.

Form of education: full-time, correspondence (based on secondary vocational education).

Speciality 6-05-0115-01 Education in the Field of Physical Culture (enrollment from 2023) / Speciality 1-03 02 01 Physical Culture
Qualification – Teacher

Objects of professional activity:

• physical education of children and youth;
• physical education of young and adult athletes;
• fitness, and recreational work at the place of residence, study, professional activity and leisure;
• organizational and managerial roles in physical culture, sports and tourism.

 Types of professional activity:

• educational;
• scientific-methodological;
• pedagogical;
• sports-training;
• organizational-management
• project-analytical;
• research;
• physical culture and health;
• correctional.

Graduating Department – Department of Theory and Practice of Physical Education..

Form of education: full-time, correspondence (based on secondary vocational education).

Speciality 6-05-1012-04 Organization and Management of Physical Culture, Sports and Tourism. Profiling: Sports Management (enrollment from 2023) / Speciality 1-88-02-01 Sports-Pedagogical Activity (by directions). Speciality Direction– 1-88-02-01-02 Sports-Pedagogical Activity (Sport Management)

Qualification – Manager. Teacher.

Objects of professional activity:

• physical education of children and youth;
• physical education of young and adult athletes;
• fitness, and recreational work at the place of residence, study, professional activity and leisure;
• organizational and managerial roles in physical culture, sports and tourism.

Types of professional activity:

• educational;
• organizational-management;
• research;
• sports-training;
• physical culture and health;
• marketing;
• entrepreneurial.

Spheres of professional activity:

• solving socio-pedagogical problems in forming an educational environment, rehabilitating, correction, assistance, support, protection and social control of children and youth;
• coordination of social institutions activities to optimize human-social environment interactions;
• methodological and inspection work in public education management bodies;
• research and scientific-pedagogical work in scientific institutions.

Graduating Department – Department of Theory and Practice of Physical Education.

Form of education: full-time.