CHALLENGES OF WAR FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN UKRAINE: SURVEY RESULTS

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37472/2617-3107-2024-7-02

Keywords:

Ukraine, war challenges, primary education, primary education teachers, survey, skills, perspectives

Abstract

The authors present the results of a survey on the challenges faced by primary school teachers after the start of the full-scale invasion of russian federation in 2022. For the study, a questionnaire was used to explore the qualities of primary education teachers that have proved to be most in demand in the context war. The results of the survey showed that teachers prioritize the following groups of professional skills that are necessary in wartime: management of the educational process; mastery of didactic and methodological principles of teaching; partnership interaction with participants of the educational process; organising a safe learning environment. Among the qualities that are key in wartime, respondents identified: psychological skills to work with children in stressful critical situations; life safety skills; digital literacy including the ability to use various online platforms in their work, use distance learning tools, interact with students in cloud services. The authors concluded that although the government has already developed an optimal model for organizing the educational process in general secondary education, including primary school, under martial law, the challenges faced by teachers remain critical. Therefore, taking into account the opinions of teachers, including those presented in this study, is promising for the implementation of the Strategic Plan of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine until 2027.

 

Author Biographies

Oleg Topuzov, National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine

Dr. Sc., Prof.
Full Member (Academician) of NAES of Ukraine
Vice-President, National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine, Director, Institute of Pedagogy, National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine,
Kyiv, Ukraine

Nadiia Bibik, National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine

Dr. Sc., Prof.
Full Member (Academician) of NAES of Ukraine
Chief Researcher, O.Ya. Savchenko Primary Education Department, Institute of Pedagogy,
National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine,
Kyiv, Ukraine

Olena Lokshyna, National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine

Dr. Sc., Prof.
Corresponding Member of NAES of Ukraine
Head, Comparative Education Department,
Institute of Pedagogy, National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine

Oksana Onopriienko, National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine

Dr. Sc., Senior Researcher
Head, O.Ya. Savchenko Primary Education Department,
Institute of Pedagogy, National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine

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2025-03-24

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Topuzov, O. ., Bibik, N., Lokshyna, O. ., & Onopriienko, O. (2025). CHALLENGES OF WAR FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN UKRAINE: SURVEY RESULTS. Education: Modern Discourses, (7), 14–25. https://doi.org/10.37472/2617-3107-2024-7-02

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