The staff of the department conducts scientific activity which is aimed at studying the problem of forming professional competence of future teachers in the process of studying pedagogical disciplines, assessing the effectiveness of existing technologies in teaching and student youth’s education and introduction of advanced pedagogical experience.
The main purpose of this work is providing high-quality training for future teachers who must know modern pedagogical technologies and strive for continuous professional self-improvement. Therefore, the priorities in the department’s scientific work are:
- professional self-improvement of teachers in scientific-theoretical and methodical directions;
- pedagogical support of students’ research work.
In accordance with this the department helds All-Ukrainian and University scientific and scientific-practical conferences systematically; where representatives from different higher educational institutions and scientific institutions take part. The materials of these conferences are published in the collections of scientific articles of the department and university. The results of the conferences’ scientific activities are highlighted in professional collection of scientific works of KSPU “Pedagogy of Higher and Middle School”. In general, during 2012-2016 the lecturers of the department published 37 articles in the collections of scientific works that are included in the list of professional editions in pedagogy.Scientific seminars are regularly held by the department and representatives of educational community of the city and region attend them; among the latest are: "Formation of the teacher's image in the condition of modern educational practice" (25.10.2013); "Gender education in modern school" (28.03.2014); "Innovative pedagogical activity as a factor of prevention of teacher’s emotional burnout " (27.03.2015); "Using the latest pedagogical technologies in the condition of modernization of modern education" (27.03.2017). The materials of the seminars are published in the scientific and methodological journal of the department "Pedagogical Kryvorizhya", the annual publication of which is carried out to begin with 2013. The scientific and methodological communication of the department’s lecturers continues with the citizenship teaching during lecturers’ work at the courses for the development of teachers' qualifications (The center for advanced training, retraining, improvement).
The Department conducts university olympiads annually which are attended by students of all faculties (approximately 100 people). The department also has problem groups (3), which are led by lecturers of the department. The average number of students who work annually in these groups is 40-50 people. The results of the work are scientific articles, term papers, presentations at student scientific seminars and conferences.
From 2008 to 2011 lecturers of the department worked in the development of the topic "Theory and practice of future educators’ preparing for the harmonization of intellectual and emotional factors in teaching secondary school students", which was included in the research plan of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, the order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine 17.11. 2008 № 1043 (the results of the study were executed in 70 publications, totaly 190.12 printed pages , including 2 monographs (44.64 pr.p.); 5 teaching aids (62.23 pr.p.); 3 collections of scientific works (78.35 pr.p.); 3 methodical recommendations (4.7 pr.p.); scientific articles - 62 (26.2 pr.p.). From 2011 to 2016, the department developed the theme: "Formation of competencies of teachers and students in modern school" in directions. Results are : 2 monographs (42 d. pr.p.), 3 teaching aids (31 pr.p.), 2 collections of scientific work (34 pr.p.), scientific articles - 32 (pr.p.).
From 2017 the department has been developing the theme "Theoretical and methodological principles of the future teacher’s professional training in the conditions of modernization of continuous pedagogical education".
Main directions of scientific work in accordance with the approved theme are:
- establishment of theoretical and methodological principles for updating the contents of future teacher’s professional training;
- reasoning of theoretical and methodological foundations, forms, methods and means of forming a creative person;
- formation of professional -creative competence of future teacher by means of independent work;
- development of theoretical background and testing of practical recommendations for pedagogical training of future teachers in realization of gender approach in educational process.