Igor Sushchenko

Areas of expertise : Interactive learning technologies, Law and civic education, Educational management, Critical Thinking, Education for sustainable development, Debates, Adult Education (TOT), Rhetoric, Business negotiations, Time management

Favorite Motto Things do not change. We do.

Email address sushchenko(a)rambler.ru

Organization, position – Executive director NGO “Teachers for democracy and partnership”

Languages Ukrainian, Russian

Prof. Olena Pometun

Areas of expertise : Author and coauthor of more than 55 books, textbooks,manuals and 200 articles in secondary, university education and adult learning area including interactive training techniques, civic and law education, ecological education, Education sustainable development, critical thinking, development of methodology of teaching.

Chief trainer, program designer, project manager of TDP from 1998 with experience in Ukraine and other countries of the former Soviet Union, chief trainer & pedagogue for Russian-speaking countries in educational programs in civic education, education for democracy, tolerance, gender, human rights, critical thinking, Education for sustainable development.

Trainer developer in innovative technologies and methods of teaching, interactive methods for different stakeholders, including teachers, school administration, local authorities, NGO activists, etc.;

From 2004 trainer, designer and editor of materials for students and teachers in Ecodemia project EcoTeams/Education for sustainable development in Ukrainian schools), Senior-Trainer of Global Action Plan (international organization) in ecological and ESD education sphere

Favorite Motto By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it.

Email address: pometun(a)hotmail.com

Organization, position – Doctor of pedagogical sciences, professor, Head of the Laboratory of Social Sciences, National Academy of Pedagogical Science of Ukraine, Director NGO “Teachers for democracy and partnership”

Languages: Ukrainian, Russian , English

Publications:

Encyclopedia of Interactive Learning - This book could be of interest to all those concerned with the process of teaching: school teachers, university professors and instructors from in-service teacher training system because it deals with interactive learning technology. It will help you improve your knowledge of this issue and organize practical activities using the recommendations given.

Learning to live sustainably - This paper is about the challenges of “education for sustainable development” (ESD), by which we mean: how we learn to live in ecological and socio-cultural harmony with our neighbours and the Earth and choose to act for sustainability on a daily basis. We contrast conventional pedagogical approaches and curriculum design with the emerging body of good practice in ESD. We regard “learning to live sustainably” and “learning for sustainable development” as pedagogical equivalents, the first centred on individual and small group learning, the second centred on large group and societal learning. Knowledge transfer, the backbone of most education, has in our view only a modest role to play in learning to live sustainably.

A close reading of the paper should make clear that our ideal for ESD is to educate for strong social learning for strong sustainability.

Lyudmila Pylypchatina

Areas of expertise: Interactive learning technologies, Law and civic education, Educational management, Critical Thinking, Education for sustainable development, Debates, Adult Education (TOT),

Favorite Motto Smile your day

Email address pilipchatina_l(a)bigmir.net

Organization, position – Senior – trainer NGO “Teachers for democracy and partnership”, International trainer in Education for sustainable development, expert OSI and CEU in Critical Thinking

Languages Ukrainian, Russian